Dick Dassow > Dick's Quotes

“Investing money is the process of committing resources in a strategic way to accomplish a specific objective.”
― Alan Gotthardt, The Eternity Portfolio

“Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.”
― Randy Alcorn, Money, Possessions, and Eternity: A Comprehensive Guide to What the Bible Says about Financial Stewardship, Generosity, Materialism, Retirement, Financial Planning, Gambling, Debt, and More

“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

“If your salvation was dependent on your ability to read and understand scripture, Jesus would have been an author.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
― Helen Keller

“Vocation is the place where our deep gladness meets the world's deep need.”
― Frederick Buechner

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
― Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
― St. Catherine of Siena

“Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work. 'The kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing who would ever have been spared' (Luther).”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

“Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls. One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and the one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation and despair.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community

“A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me. His face, that hitherto may have been strange and intolerable to me, is transformed in intercession into the countenance of a brother for whom Christ died, the face of a forgiven sinner.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

“[83]So often Christians, especially preachers, think that their only service is always to have to “offer” something when they are together with other people. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking. Many people seek a sympathetic ear and do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking even when they should be listening.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Vol. 5

“Human love constructs its own image of the other person, of what he is and what he should become. It takes the life of the other person into its own hands. Spiritual love recognizes the true image of the other person which he has received from Jesus Christ; the image that Jesus Christ himself embodied and would stamp upon all men. Therefore,”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together

“There is a difference between memorizing Scripture and thinking biblically.”
― Tim Hansel

“I'm reminded of a conversation between a little girl and her mother as they walked out of church. The mother asked her how she liked church that day. The girl replied that she thought it was good, but that she was a little confused. "The pastor said that God was bigger than we are. Is that true?" she asked. The mother responded that it was indeed true. "He also said that God lives inside of us. Is that true, Mommy?" Again the mother replied, "Yes." "Well, then," said the girl, "if God is bigger than us, and if He lives inside of us, then shouldn't some of Him show through?”
― Tim Hansel, Dancin' Toward the Dawn: Discovering Joy in the Darkness of Loneliness

“The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us.”
― Tim Hansel

“Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional.”
― Tim Hansel

“If you are “seeking first” his kingdom where you are, then where you are is where he has positioned you.”
― Andy Stanley, Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision

“Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference. Dreamers think about how nice it would be for something to be done. Visionaries look for an opportunity to do something.”
― Andy Stanley, Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision

“Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.”
― Andy Stanley, Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision

“Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities. Strengthen the individual. Start with yourself. Take care with yourself. Define who you are. Refine your personality. Choose your destination and articulate your Being. As the great nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche so brilliantly noted, “He whose life has a why can bear almost any how.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos