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When to get angry and when and how to express it are among the most important lessons humans can learn. Cain's rage at Abel is a classic example of misplaced rage.
— Dennis Prager
God rested, we take over!
— Dennis Prager
Forgiveness is the only way to heal ourselves and to be free from the past. Without forgiveness, we remain tethered to the person who harmed us. We are bound to the chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped. Until we can forgive the person who harmed us, that person will hold the keys to our happiness, that person will be our jailor. When we forgive, we take back control of our own fate and our feelings. We become our own liberator.
— Desmond Tutu
I like to enforce myself in the run game. It's something I have control over.
— Mike Evans
A good test of the appropriateness of a joke is whether the humor controls us or we control it.
— J. Oswald Sanders
To be filled with the Spirit is to be controlled by the Spirit. The Christian leader's mind, emotions, will, and physical strength all become available for the Spirit to guide and use. Under the Spirit's control, natural gifts of leadership are lifted to their highest power, sanctified for holy purpose.
— J. Oswald Sanders
spiritual leadership transcends the power or personality and all other natural gifts. The personality of the spiritual leader influences others because it is penetrated, saturated, and empowered by the Holy Spirit. As the leader gives control of his life to the Spirit, the Spirit's power flows through him to others.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Successful leaders have learned that no failure is final, whether his own failure or someone else's. No one is perfect, and we cannot be right all the time. Failures and even feelings of inadequacy can provoke humility and serve to remind a leader who is really in charge.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Without some central authority, society will disintegrate into chaos and anarchy.
— J. Oswald Sanders
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
— JRR Tolkien
Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.
— Dale Carnegie