I have only to be true to the highest I know - success or failure is in the hand of God. E. Stanley Jones More Quotes by E. Stanley Jones More Quotes From E. Stanley Jones Recognize negativism and inferiority attitudes as enemies - do not try to dress them as your friends. you will be tempted to look upon negativism as prudence and inferiorities as humility. Strip off those false cloaks and see these attitudes in their nakedness - as enemies of you and of your possibilities. E. Stanley Jones humility attitude enemy Everybody who belongs to Christ belongs to everybody who belongs to Christ E. Stanley Jones christ Suppose you should fail. Is that so terrible? Not to have tried is a worse failure. E. Stanley Jones failing terrible should Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future. E. Stanley Jones thank-god adventure giving The moral laws of the Universe are deeply embedded in the constitution of things. We do not break them - we break ourselves upon them. E. Stanley Jones constitution moral law No person is free until he or she is free at the center. When we let go there, we are free indeed. When the self is renounced, then one stands utterly disillusioned, apart, asking for nothing. If anything comes to us, it is all sheer gain. Then life becomes one constant surprise. E. Stanley Jones freedom self letting-go The only thing you believe in is the thing you believe in enough to practice. Your creed is your deed. E. Stanley Jones deeds practice believe Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention. E. Stanley Jones action mistake may Earth's blackest day and earth's brightest day are only three days apart. E. Stanley Jones three earth Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence. E. Stanley Jones our-actions intention action At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption. E. Stanley Jones god heart blood If we know how to pray, we know how to live. E. Stanley Jones know-how praying knows An hour spent in the presence of God brings the purest joy known to man. E. Stanley Jones hours joy men If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be. E. Stanley Jones cooperation holy spirit Nothing is ever really yours until you share it. E. Stanley Jones share Where sin has abounded in me, Grace now much more abounds in me. I live by that 'much more.' E. Stanley Jones live-by sin grace Abundant living means abundant giving. E. Stanley Jones giving mean If you don't surrender to God, don't think you don't surrender. Everybody surrenders -- to something. E. Stanley Jones surrender-to-god surrender thinking The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually. E. Stanley Jones audacity spiritual heart The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes. E. Stanley Jones frustration mistake mean
