H.W. Charles Quotes

Only grace-large doses, frequently displayed, released-will restore the wounded.

...the single most important issue in all of life (is) your relationship with the living God... how you can know Him in a personal and meaningful way.

When it seems like that's all there is, remember all you have in Him.

Not once does the Bible report that (Jesus) rushed anywhere. He was often busy, but never in a mad dash. And yet He perfectly accomplished all the Father designed for Him to do.

Take charge of your thoughts!

I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.

The skeptic may deny your doctrine or attack your church but he cannot honestly ignore the fact that your life has been changed.

I want to preach till the last breath in my lungs runs out.

Joy springs from a life lived with eternity's values in view.

The wonderful thing about God is he knows what we need to persuade us.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

Any idol, regardless of its beauty or usefulness or original purpose, is to be set aside so that Christ might reign supreme, without a single competitor.

When we attempt to find meaning in the pursuit of pleasure, the commitment to a job, or through plumbing intellectual depths, we all eventually find in each of these pursuits a dead end.

I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!

To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God.

The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study

Worry is a complete waste of energy. It solves nothing.

I believe firmly in God's control in life.

When each elder or pastor has his will aligned with the Lord's, we waste no time arguing for our own.

Not every Christian finds it easy to believe.

In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life.

Learning more truth is a poor and cheap substitute for stopping and putting into action the truth already learned

Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.

I am running for re-election no matter who runs.

I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.

I really think that most people around the world know how well-intended Americans are.

Respecting our veterans includes providing them the ways and means they so desperately need to reintegrate into our lives and serve us again as productive members of our civilian community.

For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101.

Im sick and tired of politicians beating up on the IRS. We have the best and fairest tax-collection system in the world.

Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.

I've been beat up pretty badly. Pretty badly. Yet at the end of the day, everyone says I'm doing a pretty good job.

I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out.

Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?

I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.

My president will boldly throw 1 million into poverty.

I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

My father was absolutely no good.

Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.

Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.

I never thought I'd miss Nancy Reagan. There can't be a rating [on the Clinton drug policy] when there hasn't been a performance.

It is actually possible to become amateurs in suffering.

They waste life in what are called good resolutions-partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.

The soul shares not the body's test.

God hides Himself behind causes.

A delicate thought is a flower of the mind.