Your most important step is your first step. No one has ever won a race that didn’t get in the game. Don’t let the idea of being perfect stand in the way of getting starting.
Goal
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this. It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence… I can forgive a man for a bad sermon, I can forgive the preacher almost anything if he gives me a sense of God, if he gives me something for my soul, if he gives me the sense that, though he is inadequate himself, he is handling something which is very great and very glorious, if he gives me some dim glimpse of the majesty and the glory of God, the love of Christ my Saviour, and the magnificence of the Gospel. If he does that I am his debtor, and I am profoundly grateful to him.
John Bevere
We are working towards the same goal. If you go further than me, it’s also to my advantage, because we are one. We are all working for a common purpose and for the glory of one King.
Priscilla Shirer
Disciplined runners consistently clear their heads and focus fully on the journey ahead because their passion and zeal for the goal supersede the strain. The goal beckons them onward. Passion doesn’t negate weariness; it just resolves to press beyond it.
David Jeremiah
All too often, believers today have preconceived ideas of what the Christian life should look like. We picture a care-free existence, when the Bible promises just the opposite. Paul helps us change this mindset by providing examples from his own life to reveal what it means to be a true follower of Christ—a road that includes pain, trials, obstacles, and suffering. But it is a road that in the end is worth all the struggle, for we have the promise from God.
Billy Graham
End your journey well. Don’t waste your life, and don’t be satisfied with anything less than God’s plans.