C.F. Joyce Quotes

Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.

I am proud to be an emotionalist.

We are not filled with the Spirit of God to do easy things. He fills us with His Spirit so we can do impossible things.

As you read or listen to God's Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.

Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be.

The more positive you are, the powerful youll be.

We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence

and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.

I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card…and somehow the activity of writing changes everything.

We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!

God of peace, you are at the center of my life, a strong refuge of peace in the whirlwind of my pain. I look to you for strength and a constant assurance of hope.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

People can't see what's in your heart - they can only see what you do.

Even if you think the grass is greener on the other side, you’re going to have to mow that side too.

Don't waste your time being upset about something you can't change. Begin again and do it better this time.

Be truly present in the moment that you are in and don’t let life slip by unnoticed.

We're not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

The purpose of faith isn't always to keep us from having trouble. It is often to carry us through trouble. If we never had any trouble, we wouldn't need any faith.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

White pudding and eggs and sausages and cups of tea! How simple and beautiful was life after all!

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

No matter how much light I carry within me, there will always be times of feeling lost, being confused, seeking direction. It is the way of the human heart.

Sometimes love is best expressed through service. Words are great, but when you walk in love, your commitment must be more than words.

A writer who has published as many books as I have has developed, of necessity, a hide like a rhino's, while inside there dwells a frail, hopeful butterfly of a spirit.

Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.

Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.

Freedom is not letting your yesterday affect your today.

Grace keeps us from worrying because worry deals with the past, while grace deals with the present and future.

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

There's no friends like the old friends.

As long as we complain, we remain stuck in our problems. But a thankful attitude brings deliverance and makes God smile.

If you will tend to God’s business, He will tend to yours.

If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do.

Love listens to the other person and searches for clues on ways to serve, bless and lift up that person.

Your word is your honor. If you say you're going to do something, then you need to do it.

Set your mind that no matter what is going on in your life, you will have a good attitude.

Alimony is a system by which, when two people make a mistake, one of them continues to pay for it.

God hears and He sees, and you are not alone in your struggles. Remain firm and stable, for God has your deliverance planned.

You have the power to make the world a better place by being kind to someone today

Give Him your mess and let it become your message.

I have the words already. What I am seeking is the perfect order of words in the sentence. You can see for yourself how many different ways they might be arranged.

You're so caught up in grumbling, complaining, and seeing what's wrong that you have no energy or time to appreciate what's good.

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.

My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

I encourage you to be a person who is not afraid of responsibility. In meeting resistance you will build your strength. If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.

Small beginnings are the launching pad to great endings.

Worry increases pressure; prayer releases peace.

Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a peanut with your nose across a very dirty floor.