June Zerda > June's Quotes

“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Rescue

“Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.”
― Francine Rivers, And the Shofar Blew

“True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.”
― Francine Rivers, A Voice in the Wind

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
― Max Lucado

“Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.”
― Max Lucado, When God Whispers Your Name

“We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment. Yet, it is God's will that prevails.”
― Francine Rivers, An Echo in the Darkness

“Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.”
― Francine Rivers, A Voice in the Wind

“But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.”
― Louie Giglio

“It is better to lose your life than to waste it.”
― John Piper

“The strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours.”
― John Piper, Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure

“I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”
― Philip Yancey

“Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”
― Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God

“Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost.”
― Philip Yancey, What's So Amazing About Grace?

“Some things just have to be believed to be seen.”
― Philip Yancey, Grace Notes: Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim

“True intimacy with God always brings humility.”
― Beth Moore

“Put your expectations on God, not on people.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.”
― Joyce Meyer

“God doesn’t tell you to do hard things so He can stand back and laugh and watch you struggle. He tells you to do things the things that He knows are gonna work out to your good in the end.”
― Joyce Meyer

“It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Don't just learn from God's Word, but believe it will change your life.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.”
― Joyce Meyer (Author)

“It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Start believing the Word of God over our feelings. The truth always overrides our feelings. Find the truth in the scriptures.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Do yourself a favor and forgive anyone that has anything against you. Do it as an act of faith and trust God to change and heal your emotions. Pray for your enemies and never say another unkind thing about them. It is the only way you can move past the pain and begin to heal.”
― Joyce Meyer

“We must meditate on what God has done in our life instead of what we are still waiting on Him to do.”
― Joyce Meyer

“If you are facing a new challenge or being asked to do something that you have never done before don’t be afraid to step out. You have more capability than you think you do but you will never see it unless you place a demand on yourself for more.”
― Joyce Meyer

“No matter how much we know in any area there are always new things to learn and things we have previously learned that we need to be refreshed in.”
― Joyce Meyer, Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind