Joel Toppen

“What we don’t keep in focus before us eventually fades.”
― John Bevere, Good or God?: Why Good Without God Isn't Enough

“In essence he declared, “If I have to choose between Your presence and Your blessing, I’ll take Your presence—even if it’s in a place of lack and hardship—over Your blessing in a great environment.”
― John Bevere, Good or God?: Why Good Without God Isn't Enough

“Like so many other French generals in the Peninsula, he was soon to find that victory is not the same thing as conquest.”
― Charles William Chadwick Oman, A History of the Peninsular War, Volume II January to September 1809: From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign [Illustrated Edition]

“Humility is the key to finishing well and passing the torch on to our successors.”
― Hans Finzel, The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make