Rev. Leigh Goodwin

POWERFUL QUOTES

MEEKNESS

“If you think that meekness is weakness then try being meek for a week.”

“The person who is meek will not assert themselves in their importance or authority; they have every instinct & every passion, every notion of their minds, hearts, tongue and desire under perfect control.”  – William Barclay

“Meekness is the strength to back down from a fight you know you could win.”

In James 3: 13 it speaks about `the meekness of wisdom’. It is not calling for weakness or spinelessness. The Greek word used for meekness means `strength under control’. The term was used in secular literature to describe a wild horse that had been tamed.

MEMORIES

“What use is a memory if it only looks backwards?”  – Lewis Caroll In other words we need to be considering how we are presently creating memories for the future.

MEN

“God give us men. A time like this demands

Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands.

Men whom the lust of office does not kill,

Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy,

Men who possess opinions and a will,

Men who love honour, men who will not lie”

– Josiah Gilbert Holland

MENTORING

“Mentoring develops a person’s sense of significance, hope & personal growth” – Jess Gibson

Rev. Leigh Goodwin

POWERFUL QUOTES

MINISTERIAL EXAMPLE 

“He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest things”  – Gregory the Great AD540-604 

MINISTERIAL FAILURE

“The minister’s shortcomings simply cannot be concealed. Even the most trivial soon get known… However trifling their offences, these little things seem great to others, since everyone measures sin, not by the size of the offence, but by the standing of the sinner”  – John Chrysostom 

“The road to hell is paved with the bones of errant priests. As the shepherd goes, so go the sheep”  – John Chrysostom 

MINISTRY

“Ministry that costs nothing accomplishes nothing.”  – John Henry Jowett

“If the only tool a carpenter has is a hammer then he’s likely to treat everything as a nail” –  Selwyn Hughes.

“We need a variety of ministry skills to help people”.

“A good minister is not only a comforter of the afflicted but an afflicter of the comfortable.”

“Before God puts a man into the ministry, He puts a ministry into the man.”

“Ministry is giving when you feel like keeping, praying for others when you need to be prayed for, feeding others when your own soul is hungry, living truth before people even when you can’t see the results, hurting with other people even when your own hurt can’t be spoken; keeping your word even when it is not convenient; it is being faithful when your flesh wants to run away” – John A. Holt

Rev. Leigh Goodwin

                                   POWERFUL QUOTES

 MEMORIES

“What use is a memory if it only looks backwards?”  (Lewis Caroll) In other words we need to be considering how we are presently creating memories for the future.

MEN

“God give us men. A time like this demands

Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands.

Men whom the lust of office does not kill,

Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy,

Men who possess opinions and a will,

Men who love honour, men who will not lie.”  – Josiah Gilbert Holland

MENTORING

“Mentoring develops a person’s sense of significance, hope & personal growth.” – Jess Gibson

MIDDLE AGE

“Middle age is when all of one’s energy goes to waist.”

“This is the time when a narrow waist and a broad mind exchange places.”

MIND

“The human mind is a fabulous computer. As a matter of fact, no one has been able to design a computer as intricate and efficient as the human mind. Consider this your brain is capable of recording 800 memories per second for 75 years without getting tired. A human being doesn’t use more than 2% of his brain power, scientists tell us.”  – Dr. Earl Radmacher

Rev. Leigh Goodwin

POWERFUL QUOTES

“Joy comes from using your potential” – Will Schultz 

“Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all of your energies on a limited set of targets” – Nido Qubein 

“Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values” –  Rollo May 

“We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it”  – Thomas Jefferson

“Goals are new, forward moving objectives. They magnetize you towards them” – Mark Victor Hansen

“I don’t try to jump over 7 foot bars, I look around for 1foot bars that I can step over”.

Rev. Leigh Goodwin

POWERFUL QUOTES

“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. Rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal” – Napoleon Hill

It is better to be motivated by the souls hunger rather than the egos greed”  –
Unknown

“It is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self -knowledge. It’s the sure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life” – Ann Landers

“You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be” –
David Viscott

“Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved”– D. H. Lawrence

“Big goals get big results. No goals get no results or somebody else’s results” – Hansen

“There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children… one is roots, the other wings” – Stephen Covey

Rev. Leigh Goodwin

POWERFUL QUOTES

“Mediocrity is living below our true potential” – Myles Monroe

“Mediocrity is the spirit of the average, the anthem of the norm & the heartbeat of the ordinary”  – Myles Monroe

“It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us”– Isaac D’Israeli, 1834

“If you think that meekness is weakness then try being meek for a week.” 

“The person who is meek will not assert themselves in their importance or authority; they have every instinct & every passion, every notion of their minds, hearts, tongue and desire under perfect control” – William Barclay

“Meekness is the strength to back down from a fight you know you could win.”

In James 3: 13 it speaks about `the meekness of wisdom’. It is not calling for weakness or spinelessness. The Greek word used for meekness means `strength under control’. The term was used in secular literature to describe a wild horse that had been tamed.

Rev. Leigh Goodwin

POWERFUL QUOTES 

“Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself” – John MacNaughton 

“To be mature means to face and not evade every fresh crisis that comes” – Fritz Kunkel 

“How do we know that Moses was grown up? Because he went out unto his brethren, and was ready to bear the burdens and share the plight of his people. Maturity is sensitivity to human suffering” – Julius Gordon

By the Soo locks at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan is a concrete pyramid. In 1840 the department of surveyors established this point as the northern end of a line running through all of Michigan, from which land is still surveyed today. Boundaries are accurate when measured from that line. What that meridian is to Michigan surveyors, the Word of God is to us. It is a perfect standard by which to measure our decisions & guide our steps.

“How do we know that Moses was grown up? Because he went out unto his brethren, and was ready to bear the burdens and share the plight of his people. Maturity is sensitivity to human suffering” – Julius Gordon

Rev. Leigh Goodwin

 POWERFUL QUOTES 

MASTERPIECE

“When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece” – John Ruskin

MATURITY

“Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values” – Joshua Loth Liebman

“Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations” – Samuel Ullman

“Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty” – John Finley

“Maturity is that time when the mirrors in our mind turn to windows and instead of seeing the reflection of ourselves we see others.” 

“Maturity is the ability to stick with a job until it’s finished; the ability to do a job without being supervised; the ability to carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even” – Abigail Van Buren

“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably” – Eleanor Roosevelt [1884-1962]– American UN diplomat, humanitarian, first lady and wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself” – John MacNaughton

“To be mature means to face and not evade every fresh crisis that comes” – Fritz Kunkel

“How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every ‘should’ is a compulsion, and not every ‘like’ is a high morality and true freedom“ – Karl Rahner

“How do we know that Moses was grown up? Because he went out unto his brethren, and was ready to bear the burdens and share the plight of his people. Maturity is sensitivity to human suffering” – Julius Gordon

Rev. Leigh Goodwin

POWERFUL QUOTES

MINISTERIAL EXAMPLE 

“He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest things”  – Gregory the Great AD540-604

MINISTERIAL FAILURE

“The minister’s shortcomings simply cannot be concealed. Even the most trivial soon get known… However trifling their offences, these little things seem great to others, since everyone measures sin, not by the size of the offence, but by the standing of the sinner”  – John Chrysostom 

“The road to hell is paved with the bones of errant priests. As the shepherd goes, so go the sheep”  – John Chrysostom 

MINISTRY

“Ministry that costs nothing accompliShes nothing.”  – John Henry Jowett 

“If the only tool a carpenter has is a hammer then he’s likely to treat everything as a nail” –  Selwyn Hughes.

We need a variety of ministry skills to help people.

“A good minister is not only a comforter of the afflicted but an afflicter of the comfortable.”

“Before God puts a man into the ministry, He puts a ministry into the man.””Ministry is giving when you feel like keeping, praying for others when you need to be prayed for, feeding others when your own soul is hungry, living truth before people even when you can’t see the results, hurting with other people even when your own hurt can’t be spoken; keeping your word even when it is not convenient; it is being faithful when your flesh wants to run away” – John A. Holt

Rev. L. Goodwin

POWERFUL QUOTES

MASTERPIECE

“When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece” – John Ruskin 

MATURITY

“Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values”  – Joshua Loth Liebman

“Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations” –  Samuel Ullman

“Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty” –  John Finley 

“Maturity is that time when the mirrors in our mind turn to windows and instead of seeing the reflection of ourselves we see others.” 

“Maturity is the ability to stick with a job until it’s finished; the ability to do a job without being supervised; the ability to carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even” – Abigail Van Buren