Deborah Smith Pegues > Quotes

“Don’t let fear of other people’s reactions or rejection paralyze you from moving forward. You are more valuable than you think. Besides, you have powerful friends in high places—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit!”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Anger: How to Find Peace When Irritated, Frustrated, or Infuriated

“The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“[B]y not standing firm and by not exercising tough love, we often cause the figurative “death” of others and sometimes ourselves, our goals, our destiny.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Confronting Without Offending: Positive and Practical Steps to Resolving Conflict

“Everything good that is happening to us is all by the grace of God.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Anger: How to Find Peace When Irritated, Frustrated, or Infuriated

“And since “God shows personal favoritism to no man” (Galatians 2:6), nothing and no one can block my destiny.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Anger: How to Find Peace When Irritated, Frustrated, or Infuriated

“I believe a time will come in every Christian's life where the key to their survival will depend on their relationship with the Lord.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Stress

“AT THE OFFICE “Coworkers who talk too loudly in the office.” “Employees who goof-off and engage in extended personal conversations.” “A manager who implements a new policy for everybody when there is only one offender of the existing policy whom he is too chicken to confront.” “People who bark orders, make demands, and treat everybody as their servants—and forget to say ‘please’ or ‘thank you.’ ” So-called professionals who tend to overeat at company-sponsored buffet luncheons/dinners or people who ask the waiter to bring them an extra serving of a dish at a banquet. Why don’t they eat what’s offered and pig out in the privacy of their homes?” “A person who brags about…anything.” “Managers who reprimand subordinates publicly.” “Being put on a speaker phone without”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Socially Smart in 60 Seconds: Etiquette Do's and Don'ts for Personal and Professional Success

“You never know how a person you meet will impact your destiny. Reach out with an intent to serve, and see where that will take you.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Socially Smart in 60 Seconds: Etiquette Do's and Don'ts for Personal and Professional Success

“These people…flatter others to get favors in return. JUDE 1:16 NLT”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“refuse to be a slanderer. I will use Philippians 4:8 as my conversation sifter. Therefore, whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, and of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy about someone, I comment only on these things.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“To hide hatred is to be a liar; to slander is to be a fool. PROVERBS 10:18 NLT”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman (PSALM 15:1-3).”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips…” (PSALM 12:3 KJV). Is flattery worth being cut off from the blessings of God?”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“Peter warns us, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech” (1 PETER 3:10).”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue” (PSALM 120:2 KJV).”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“Be humble. Don’t brag about your position, possessions, people you know, or places you’ve traveled. Humility tops the chart as the most admired character trait. Pride and arrogance are the most detestable.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Socially Smart in 60 Seconds: Etiquette Do's and Don'ts for Personal and Professional Success

“The LORD Almighty has spoken—who can change his plans? When his hand moves, who can stop him? (ISAIAH 14:27 NLT).”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“Then Delilah pouted, “How can you say you love me when you don’t confide in me? You’ve made fun of me three times now, and you still haven’t told me what makes you so strong!” JUDGES 16:15 NLT”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“Engaging in deceitfulness is a slap in God’s face and has dire consequences. When we make a choice not to trust Him to handle a situation, we, in essence, decide He is a liar and will renege on His promise to meet every need. We then proceed to make our own way by any means necessary—even being deceptive. In doing so we forfeit the good life God had planned for us.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness. All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse” (PROVERBS 8:7-8).”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“The one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.
LUKE 6:49”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Stress

“One day during an event in which the Philistines were making sport of him, he stood between two temple pillars, prayed for one last infusion of supernatural strength, and literally brought the house down (see JUDGES 16). The collapsing structure killed him and more than 3000 spectators and government officials. This was the tragic end of a strong man who was weakened by a manipulative woman. Manipulation can destroy not only a relationship but also a person’s life.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“The Dictator Supervisor When I held a high-visibility position at a Fortune 500 company, I was adamant about the quality of the correspondence that went out of my department. Although I had a superstar staff, I edited all staff memos in order to make them “better.” One day, because time was of the essence, I quickly reviewed a memo in the presence of the writer and concluded that it conveyed the message and required no changes. I would have worded it a little differently, yet I simply stated that it was okay to send it. The woman who had written the memo was ecstatic. She said, “No changes? I can’t believe it!” She was beaming. From that day forward, I made adjustments to staff memos only when it was absolutely necessary. The impact on morale was amazing. I learned something that I had not learned in business school: people need to feel that they exercise some control or authority in their environment.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Confronting Without Offending: Positive and Practical Steps to Resolving Conflict

“I will show partiality to no one, nor will I flatter any man; for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away” (JOB 32:21-22).”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“Each of us must make it our priority and personal responsibility to stay in harmony with our fellowman. Harmony is not just about creating a pleasant environment; it produces synergy. The best way to explain synergy is to say that a hand is much more effective than five fingers working independently. I tested this theory one day using dumbbells. I wanted to determine the maximum number of pounds each of my fingers could lift independently. Two pounds was the limit. I then tested my capability with my fingers working together. I rationalized that five fingers times two pounds each should yield a maximum of ten pounds. Not so. I lifted thirty-five pounds!”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Confronting Without Offending: Positive and Practical Steps to Resolving Conflict

“Obedience is the performance of a request, but submission comes from the heart.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Confronting Without Offending: Positive and Practical Steps to Resolving Conflict

“Don’t be a boss basher. One day you may be the boss. Don’t be a company basher. If the company is so bad, why”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Socially Smart in 60 Seconds: Etiquette Do's and Don'ts for Personal and Professional Success

“TODAY’S AFFIRMATION: Because I am in right standing with God, He surrounds me with favor. Therefore, I have no need to manipulate anyone for personal gain or advantage.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue: What You Say (and Don't Say) Will Improve Your Relationships

“Be a peacemaker in every situation. Resist partiality or respect of persons.”
― Deborah Smith Pegues, Socially Smart in 60 Seconds: Etiquette Do's and Don'ts for Personal and Professional Success