Often the very things that you think have disqualified you are the ones that qualify you to do what God has called you to do.
Interpretation
Embrace your perceived shortcomings as they may actually empower you for your true purpose.
This quote highlights the paradox that the things we often see as weaknesses or disqualifications can actually be our greatest strengths. It suggests that our challenges and experiences, which we might view negatively, can uniquely equip us to fulfill our true calling or purpose in life, as divinely inspired by God.
In practice
Using this quote as a personal mantra during a challenging time to regain focus.
Even though I only just found out that I was adopted, God has always known, and he has always loved me. And since that has never changed, therefore nothing has essentially changed. I may not be who I thought I was, but I still am who he says I am. I am more. I am loved. I am his.
Your talent will open the door but only your character can keep you there.
Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.
Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for what you do.
Leave everyone you meet better than you found them. Become an encourager of potential versus a destroyer of confidence.
People always ask me why I still want to play, but I want to know why no one will give me an opportunity. It's like they put a stamp on me: 'Hall of Fame. You're done. That's it.'
Good tired, ironically enough, can be a day that you lost. But you won’t even have to tell yourself, because you knew you fought your battles, you chased your dreams, you lived your days. And when you hit the hay at night, you settle easy, you sleep the sleep of the just, and you can say, “Take me away.
Either you set your goals and, in doing so, have your life governed by choice or you do nothing and have your life governed by chance.
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