Charles R. Swindoll – 13 Quotes

13 Quotes by Charles R. Swindoll

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

– Charles R. Swindoll

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

– Charles R. Swindoll

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

– Charles R. Swindoll

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

– Charles R. Swindoll

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

– Charles R. Swindoll

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.

– Charles R. Swindoll

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

– Charles R. Swindoll

I am often the brunt of my own humor.

– Charles R. Swindoll

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

– Charles R. Swindoll

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

– Charles R. Swindoll

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

– Charles R. Swindoll

It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives.

– Charles R. Swindoll

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

– Charles R. Swindoll