Shark Proof Quotes

“You were never created to please people; you were created to please God.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“The greatest loss is the loss of one’s calling because we were listening to the wrong voices.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“That sense of inferiority is just another word for fear. And fear is simply the self-deception that you are about to be separated from the thing you most value.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Sharks don’t eat fish because of anything the fish do. They don’t eat fish because those fish aren’t good enough fish, or because those fish aren’t nice enough to the sharks. Sharks eat fish because they are sharks.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Emotional hurts are like cancers of the soul. If we don’t get them out, they can poison the whole soul and body.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“I must be at the command of the Lord, not the dictates of people, pressures, or my own issues.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“We must be compassionate but not enable people to blame or shame us out of God’s blessings.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“You can never do for someone what they are not willing to do for themselves.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“You are not someone’s answer. You are an example of what the answer can do in someone’s life, and you are compelled to share how you did it by God’s Word and His grace, but only their yielding in obedience to God is their answer.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“We may not be able to make people’s decisions, but we can choose to forgive and be made whole in Him.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“If you let sharks call the shots, control, and manipulate you, it will lead you down a road of burnout, hopelessness, and even depression.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“People may betray you, but you don’t need to take it personally.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“We don’t need to be fearful of sharks, but we do need to have an awareness of them.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“God has called us to love people, to be an example, and to be kind, but we have to take courage and be wise because there are sharks out there.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“If you allow sharks to dictate your decisions, they will try to exert their will on you more and more.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Why do we try to look for sharks? Why do we try to please the sharks that hurt us, hold us back, and keep us from our destinies?”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Be bold! Be courageous! God’s grace is backing you!”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Fear and intimidation is the most common and easy shark attack to fall prey to.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Trust God and follow His will for your life! His love is unconditional.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“If you have to perform for people’s approval, trust me, it’s not worth having.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“You only need one approval, and that’s God’s!”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“If we are living for the approval of others, we aren’t living for the approval of God.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“We must have heart and overcome if we are to thrive in life and not merely survive.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Conquering can give you courage.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“When a shark has influence in your life, it makes you want to stay in the boat.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Sometimes people will misjudge your heart or what God has called you to do, but it’s not between you and them, it’s between you and God. When we stay focused on the call of God for our lives, He is able to create a legacy for us beyond anything we could have hoped or imagined!”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“People will criticize the very thing God has called you to do, saying it seems impossible to them, or too hard for them- but that’s why God called you to do it, not them.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“We can’t sacrifice the will of God for the approval of people.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“We have to fight the battle for our destinies, not the battle for approval.”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People

“Sharks will try to steal your time and intention, but you have to protect your focus. Keep your eyes on Jesus! He will carry you through persecution to victory!”
― Drenda Keesee, Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People