Eric Hoffer: It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while…
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
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- When you summon the courage to do what others won’t, you will gain the power to do what others don’t.
- Our job is to believe, God's job is to do the IMPOSSIBLE. But between our believing and God doing the impossible, is our taking ACTION! It is not enough to just believe. When we take action, we are exercising our faith in God and this does three things: our faith pleases God, our faith honors God and our faith empowers God to be God in our lives. Our faith activates the Word of God in our lives that says: "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.(Matthew 19:26)"
- ALWAYS act like what you want and where you want to go. NEVER act like what has happened or where you have been. One is Pro-active, the other is Re-active. Be a Pro-ACTIVATOR!
- To initiate is to participate in the creative nature of God.
- The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
- One of the main seats of our weakness lies in this very notion, that what we do at the moment cannot matter much; for that we shall be able to alter and mend and patch it just as we like by-and-by.