Robert H. Schuller Quotes
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We are born to soar. We are children of God. ... The Fatherhood of God offers a deep spiritual cure for the inferiority complex and lays the firm foundation for a solid spiritual self-esteem.
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The core of original sin, then is LOT - Lack of Trust. Or, it could be considered an innate inability to adequately value ourselves. Label it a 'negative self-image,' but do not say that the central core of the human soul is wickedness. ... positive Christianity does not hold to human depravity, but to human inability.
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Every human being is born without faith. Faith comes only through the process of making decisions to change before we can be sure it's the right move.
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As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.
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Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation.
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Nobody has a money problem - there are only idea problems.
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Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.
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The Cross sanctifies the ego trip. For the Cross protected our Lord's perfect self-esteem from turning into sinful pride.
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God's delays are not God's denials.
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There is a quiet place in Hawaii where, for over thirty years, I've gone to draw inspiration and write many of my books.
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If the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed as a theology of self-esteem, imagine the health this could generate in society!
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I tell people, 'I was born in a little house at the dead end of a dirt road that had no name and no number, and you can go anywhere from nowhere.'
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Any analysis of 'sin' or 'evil' or 'demonic influence' or 'negative thinking' or 'systemic evil' or 'antisocial behavior' that fails to see the lack of self-dignity as the core of the problem will prove to be too shallow.
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It's unfulfilled dreams that keep you alive.
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One classical role of the pulpit in Protestantism has been to 'preach sermons' which imply indoctrination more than education. Within this from of communication, there is an inherent, intrinsic inclination to intimidate, manipulate, and, hence, offend the person's most prized quality of humanness - his dignity.
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Faith is making claims to victory before it is achieved.
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When you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.
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Through faith, the weak times can become peak times.
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If only we could love ourselves enough to dare to approach God, what constructive dreams he would give us! What noble possibilities God wants to reveal to us - possibilities that would offer stimulation plus real security in service. But we feel too unworthy. So one layer of negative behavior is laid upon another until we emerge as rebellious sinners. But our rebellion is a reaction, not our nature. By nature we are fearful, not bad.
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Every problem has a limited life span.
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If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.
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Optimism refuses to believe that the road ends without options.
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I am humanly unable to correct my negative self-image until I encounter a life-changing experience with non-judgmental love bestowed upon me by a Person whom I admire so much that to be unconditionally accepted by Him is to be born again.
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For every mountain, there is a miracle.