We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
Dwight L. MoodyRead
Take courage. We walk in the wilderness today and in the Promised Land tomorrow
Interpretation
This quote encourages perseverance through difficult times with the hope of future rewards.
Dwight L. Moody's quote emphasizes the importance of having courage during tough times, suggesting that although one may find themselves in challenging and uncertain situations (the wilderness), a brighter future filled with promise and fulfillment (the Promised Land) awaits those who remain steadfast and brave.
In practice
During a motivational speech for a charity organization.
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
There is the joy of one's own salvation. I thought, when I first tasted that, it was the most delicious joy I had ever known, and that I could never get beyond it. But I found, afterward, there was something more joyful that, namely, the joy of the salvation of others.
'Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God' (Rom. 10:17). That is whence faith comes. It is not for me to sit down and wait for faith to come stealing over me with a strong sensation, but is for me to take God at His Word.
There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God's hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the glorious light of Heaven.
Many a professing Christian is a stumbling-block because his worship is divided. On Sunday he worships God; on weekdays God has little or no place in his thoughts.
Let us expect that God is going to use us. Let us have courage and go forward, looking to God to do great things.
Hollywood, as everyone knows, glamorizes physical courage. . . . if I had to define courage myself, I wouldn't say it's about shooting people. I'd say it's the quality that stimulates people, that enables them to move ahead and look beyond themselves.
So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk βhis life, his fortune and his sacred honorβ on an outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown children, can never be anything else.
Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.
You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.
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