Notes & Quotes for Digging Out
“Sometimes on the road of life…getting lost is how we find our way.”
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“It's never too late to be who you might have been.”
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“In every moment of our lives, we choose between happiness and misery. And sometimes long-term misery comes disguised as short-term pleasure.”
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“I refuse to accept the idea that the 'isness' of
man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for
the eternal 'oughtness' that forever confronts him.”
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“You'll never know that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.”
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“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
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"We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man."
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"There's a lot of talk about self-esteem these days. It seems pretty basic to me. If you want to feel proud of yourself, you've got to do things you can be proud of. Feelings follow actions."
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“You cannot conquer what you will not confront.”
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“No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
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“Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end—the glory of God.”
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“Don’t just stand there. Somebody do something!”
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“Anytime we drag our past into the future, we have some grieving to do. When we refuse to grieve, we hang on to the weight of life that slows us down and robs us from finding our lives.”
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“...I will give you two pieces of advice. Invest as much in yourself as you can; you are your own best asset by far. Then follow your passion; you want to be really excited to get out of bed every morning.”
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"Putting off doing what counts most to you now until you have 'more time' is like saying you can't go on a diet until you lose some weight."
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“Someday is not a day in the week, and Someday never comes.”(16)
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“The people who don’t have a great life are the ones who settle for a good one.”
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"Don't go for perfect; go for progress."
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"Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination—or courage. In a word, it's easier."
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"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life
you've imagined."
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"Attempt something so big, that unless God intervenes, it is bound to fail."
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"Sometimes we're forced in directions that we ought to have found
ourselves."
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"Living in the moment means having the past and
future already well ordered, thus being more aware and present in the
now."
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"Those who dare to fail miserably, can achieve greatly."
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"I believe that in this life, we are defined not by the station in
life into which we are born, nor by our pedigree, race, or religion,
but by the choices we make."
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“Do you want to know three words that can revolutionize your life? Start right now.”
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“One of the worst things you can die with is potential.”
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“The dream you don’t fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life.”
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“Live each day as if it were your last for some day it will be.”
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“Personally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!”
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Notes & Quotes for Those Digging In to Help
“We’re all here for different reasons. Not everyone’s here to win. Some people are here for the impact they make in other people’s lives.”
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“One of the best ways to heal your own emotional pain is to focus instead on the needs of others . . . This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.”
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“You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.”
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“I always find the greatest help I receive is from people who have been where I have been, but now they’re no longer there.”
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"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."
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“The real power in helping somebody to be transformed is not to do something to them but to join with them.”
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“If you go out looking for friends, they’ll be scarce. If you go out looking to be one, you’ll have all the friends you need."
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“. . . our lives are shaped by our interactions with others. Whether we have a long conversation with a friend or simply place an order at a restaurant, every interaction makes a difference.”
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“We don't have to help everyone, just every one God calls us to serve.”
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“One of God’s main purposes for your life is to fill you with so much of His love that it overflows onto others.”
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“I happen to believe there can be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.”
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“I believe it’s easy to serve God if we learn to hear from Him before we struggle to do things for Him that He never asked us to do.”
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“When we truly care for ourselves, it becomes possible to care far more profoundly about other people. The more alert and sensitive we are to our own needs, the more loving and generous we can be toward others.”
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“If you are somebody to anybody, you’re somebody.”
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"Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great
things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than
in your weakness."
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“God ... has gifted you uniquely with talents, experiences, and capabilities that are needed in this world. You honor that creation when you do whatever you can do to discover what these are and the use them in God's service.”
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"People with humility don't deny their power; they just recognize it
passes through them, not from them."
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"You are called to be a good steward of your season of influence in
service to a plan that was set in motion before you came on the
scene."
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"Nobody can do it all, but everybody can do something."
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"One thing is that life's great
moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God's mysterious
promptings--nudges that always lean toward finding what's been lost and
freeing what's been enslaved ."
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"Be not simply good; be good for something."
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Songs to Dig Out By
| Title | Artist / Band | Lyrics | Listen / Order |
| Cry Out To Jesus | Third Day |
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| I'll Lead You Home | Michael W. Smith |
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| The Voice of Truth | Casting Crowns |
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| They Don't Understand | Sawyer Brown |
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| Shine | Newboys |
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| Jesus Take The Wheel | Carrie Underwood |
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| What Are You Waiting For? | Natalie Grant | View |
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| In The Blink Of An Eye | Mercy Me | View |
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| Only Grace | Matthew West | View |  |
| Mountain Of God | Third Day | View | |
| You Never Let Go | Matt Redman | View |
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| Stand In The Rain | Superchic | View |
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| Keep Holding On | Avril Lavigne | View |  |
| Calling All Angels | Train | View |  |
| Why Wait | Belinda | View |  |
| Everlasting God | Lincoln Brewster | View |  |
| The Blessing | John Waller | View |
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| Anyway | Martina McBride | View |
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| Tunnel | Third Day | View |
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