"With God, life is positively eventful; without Him, life is negatively impossible. " Life is complete, as one walks with God. Life is incomplete as one walks by themselves.
"There's no present without the past, and no future without the present. " Life is a continuum - past, present, and future. One may learn from the past to create a better present, which also creates a better future.
"Don't give to get; get to give." It truly is better to give than to receive. The measure of one's life is not what they've gathered for themselves, but what they've given to others.
"Everything that happens in life happens, because we have been equipped to deal with it." When difficult things occur, the occurrences themselves provide the resistant strength of overcoming, that is present in the individual.
"The truest education touches not only the mind and the body, but also, the soul." Education, at its best reaches people beyond the physical classroom; it becomes a part of the classroom of life. This type of education is pure and changes lives forever.
"Appearance is nothing. Faith is everything. " It takes no faith to accept what one sees, as true. It takes faith to expect to see something yet to be present to the physical eyes. Appearance is the measure of existence; faith is the measure of great possibility.
"Desire is fuel for the soul." Desire is the spark that ignites the fire of relentless pursuit. One must have desire to accomplish goals, to overcome adversity, and to improve their lives.
"One must come to the end of themselves to find the beginning of God." A person must stretch beyond themselves in order to find the perfection of God. The end of the finite is the beginning of the infinite.
"God measures man toward the distance of life." God is the author of every life, providing the meaning and text of living. With the measure of His love, human life is made complete.
"Don't let despair take your life, but take your life out of despair. " Despair creeps up on many a soul. It is that person's responsibility to take the reigns of life and guide the horse to the destination of happiness.
"Faith is the shortest distance between death and life." The death present in despair has no hope, but despair relinquished gives life to hope in faith.
"God can make any good thing inevitable, and any bad thing impossible. " For the good, all goodness and mercy are inevitable. Also, the things which could cause them harm are prevented from occurring.
"Too many leaders have the presence of mind, but the absence of heart. " The present mind, with the absent heart is short lived and ineffective. To lead, one must be committed in heart, which works together with a present mind.
"The selfish man subtracts from himself; the selfless man adds to himself. " The selfish man in getting for himself, loses a part of himself. The selfless man in giving, gains a part of himself.
"The wicked fall from their own rising; the righteous rise from their own falling. " The wicked rise now, only to fall later. The righteous fall now, only to rise later. Every time the wicked rises, they fall. Every time the righteous falls, they rise again.
"The mind will replay what it will, with the future indebted to the grasp of its imagination. " The mind shapes and molds reality with the power of its imagination. The imagination is of key importance to great achievement.
"The good experience much pain for eventual joy; the evil experience much joy for eventual pain." The good have joy to look forward to, while the evil have pain to look forward to.
"Possibility is unto probability, and probability unto truth." First, one must believe that it's possible. Action makes it probable, and then, it becomes true."
"Humans don't understand what is perfect, but understand fragments of what's possible. " Human understanding is imperfect. Perfection is what many strive for, but achievement rests in what's actually possible.
"Success is doing for others; greatness is how well you do it." The successful person can become great by not just doing for others, but doing for others with love and diligent action.
"We often pay the most to get nothing; we often get the most and pay nothing. " The unchangeable reality is that the best things in life are priceless. Those things which can be monetarily purchased often have the least personal value. Those things which we cannot see are often the best.
"Expectation is the mother of circumstance." If one expects something to occur, one ushers in its occurrence. Believing the fact makes the matter a fact.
"There is debt in sin, but treasure in righteousness. " Sin takes away the benefits of life, while righteousness adds to it. Sin is enticing, but destroys; righteousness is less obvious, and enlivens.
"To exist is to be present; to live is to prosper." When one exists, one is taking up the duration of time; when one lives, one makes that time count. Life is not about how many years, but how much meaning.
"Grace measures justice with the yardstick of love." Love is the measuring stick by which grace gives justice to the soul of humanity. Without love, there could be no grace or justice.