Tim Young > Tim's Quotes

“One of life’s greatest ironies is that we try so much to avoid the challenges and pitfalls, only to realize these are the very things which forge our character.”
― Tim Young, Heartstone: A Journey out of the midnight of my soul

“The pain and anguish of this journey called "life" somehow seeps deep down into the recesses of our hearts and beats us down day after day. Some of us can let the tears flow and find relief while others buy into the lie that we don't feel those things.”
― Tim Young, Heartstone: A Journey out of the midnight of my soul

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.”
― Margaret Mitchell

“I have walked much of my life in fear, never truly finding a place where I knew I belonged. Rejection, victimization, and divorce has left me like a beggar, seeking desperately to find my blessing somewhere, to find it anywhere. I didn’t know who I was or where I was going. I didn’t know how significant I was or what the meaning of my life was, and the saddest part of this is that I didn’t fully realize that God was holding the blessing for me that I was so desperately seeking.”
― Tim Young, Heartstone: A Journey out of the midnight of my soul

“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.”
― Joyce Meyer

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
― St. Francis Of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi

“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
― Emily Dickinson

“The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.”
― Francis Chan

“Life is always either a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.”
― Edith Wharton

“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.”
― Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Americus, Book I

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
― Billy Sunday, "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ

“If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you! ”
― Max Lucado

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person.”
― David D. Burns

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
― Amelia Earhart

“It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain.”
― Andy Stanley, It Came from Within!: The Shocking Truth of What Lurks in the Heart

“If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to meet it.”
― Jonathan Winters

“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance.”
― Viktor E. Frankl

“Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.”
― John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

“You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.”
― John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

“The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.”
― John Eldredge, Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. (Josh. 1:6–7, 9)”
― John Eldredge, Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

“He created Adam for adventure, battle and beauty; he created us for a unique place in his story and he is committed to bringing us back to the original design.”
― John Eldredge, Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul