C.J. Peterson Quotes
If you think you don't have any time for prayer, and can't find any time, then ask God to forgive you... The Pope isn't too busy for his daily rosary; if you're busier than the Pope, you're too busy.
Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such that they can understand property rights.
We're mortal, yet without a known expiration date. It's an inevitable fate worthy of acceptance, but not deserving of predictions.
I just love to fight, and regardless of who I'm fighting, I want to be at the top level.
I see myself fighting for about six more fights and I'll be done and happy with my career.
Not too worried about fighting for titles, but just fighting the best competition at the Welterweight division. I'll be happy with that.
Boxing is a business and if it makes sense, other than my brother (Anthony), damn right I'll fight him.
I feel like my endurance is actually better. Especially trying to get down to 140, I was experiencing body cramps.
I like fighting at the higher weight. That extra seven pounds helps because of energy, strength and I can focus more throughout the training camp, without having to put extra time into making weight.
That's just the business of boxing. Things just turned out that way. I don't think it was any particular reason. I had opportunities to fight in bigger fights, but things just didn't always work out.
The winner leaves undefeated and a lot of people will say they are the top guy at welterweight. I would definitely like a crack at that title, being the top guy at welterweight.
Thrift is not some obsolete Victorian notion. . . . It will be the difference between those who prosper and achieve respect and those who become a burden to their children and society.
Just remember, forgiveness is a way of setting yourself free of the bondage put on you by others. There is liberty to he had in it.
Consequences don’t just go away. They aren’t suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given.
However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of the heart and nerve and fiber, does not exist, since there is no divorce from memory.
In Reno, there is always a bull market, never a bear market, for the stocks and bonds of happiness.
I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects what it does.
Love by its presence, like God by His, makes everything not necessarily clear or right or even good, but acceptable. Whereas in its absence, as in His, there is no hope.
Inject laughter into tense situations to save the day; laughter calms tempers and soothes jangled nerves.
Explore your mind, discover yourself, then give the best that is in you to your age and to your world. There are heroic possibilities waiting to be discovered in every person
Work miracles by setting a good example. Others will catch your spirit! The power of a good example is the greatest miracle-working power of all.
Love is the supreme good; it is the overflowing life, the giving of ourselves to noble ends and causes.
"The word which God has written on the brow of every person," wrote Victor Hugo, "is Hope." As long as we have hope no situation is hopeless.
It is in identifying yourself with the hopes, dreams, fears and longings of others that you may understand them and help them.
He knows that as long as a man keeps his faith in God and in himself nothing can permanently defeat him.
Tolerance is understanding. It is open to new light. Those who are tolerant are always eager to explore viewpoints other than their own.
I believe that God is a power underneath my life here on earth. His goodness undergirds me and uplifts me.
Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best in life. Open hands open the way to achievement put them to work today.
Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life.
Prayer is dedicating our thought, feeling and action to the expression of goodness. It is to become like a window through which the light of God shines.
In gratitude for God's gift of life to us we should share that gift with others. The art of giving encompasses many areas. It is an outgoing, overflowing way of life.
As you help men to grow, as you work for peace, understanding and good will, your influence will merge, with the good influences of men of every age, into the eternal golden stream of God's goodness.
Love is the dynamic motivation behind every worthy purpose; it is the upward thrust that lifts men to the heights.
It is time to browse through the precious books that have meant the most to you that you may rediscover illuminating phrases and sentences to light your pathway to the future.
The most wonderful inspirational chemistry we can use on another is the gift of our love and acceptance. Devoted and unquestioned love has a magic creative power.
Imagination guides you in your contacts with individuals and crowds, so you can discover new concepts and approaches.
The art of humility begins with a recognition of our dependence on others and an appreciation of God's gift of life.
In my opinion we can never think of God in big enough terms. He is bigger than our biggest thoughts of Him. Our imaginations cannot stretch wide enough to take in all of God.
By the grace of God you are what you are; glory in your selfhood, accept yourself and go on from there.
Love is the spiritual magnetism that draws men together, for the working of miracles.
Hey, I write fiction. I just make this stuff up, unless I get my hands on some good juicy truth. You know the kind I'm talking about ... that stranger-than variety.
Our Scripture awakened that most glorious of things, the spontaneous love our Lord so desires His children to bear Him, for it is what He bears them.