Earl Nightingale Quotes

I'm open to whatever the universe wants to bring me.

My job is to give my best, and where my journey would take me is something that I have left to God. I am not much of a planner; I am more of a doer.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

I have learned in my life that my plans don't matter. It's God's plan.

I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.

Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.

All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

The future is out of my hands; it is in God's.

Sometimes, the plans in your heart aren't God's plan.

You have to call on the Lord to find out where he wants you, what he wants from you.

Do your best and leave the rest to God.

Why should I hasten to solve every riddle which life offers me? I am well assured that the Questioner, who brings me so many problems, will bring me the answers also, in due time.

When you accept that you are not in charge of everything, you can begin to work with the one who really is in charge. This has been my experience; when I accepted that I was not in charge and started to work with someone else's plan, the Boss showed up. Now we are a team and I have less to be concerned about. He organizes my schedule. I just follow it, and when He is taking a day off my wife steps in.

Let God fling you out (as seed), and do not go until He does. If you select your own spot, you will prove an empty pod. If God sows you, you will bring forth fruit.

God sees everything at once and knows what you are called to do. Our part is not to play God, but to trust God - to believe that our single, solitary life can make a difference

If you want to live the Christian life, you will have to realize that Someone Else has to be in control.

You can never ask God to tell you what the end is. You can ask, "Is this a good thing to do?" But not, "How is this going to turn out?" That answer you will never get.

If it’s meant for me, it will be.' Those words are my mantra in life, and it has never let me down.

When we stop trying to control events, they fall into a natural order, an order that works. We're at rest while a power much greater than our own takes over, and it does a much better job than we could have done. We learn to trust that the power that holds galaxies together can handle the circumstances of our relatively little lives.

We want clarity -- and God gives a call. We want a road map --- and God gives a relationship. We want answers -- and God gives His hand.

Everything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. That’s all you need to know in this life…just the certainty that God’s got His eye on you, that He knows what you are made of, what you need to grow on. Why,questioning’s a sin, it’s pointless. He will show you your path in His own good time. And long as I remember that, I’m fine.

What does God require of us? Our part is to believe. Our work is to trust the Lord. His requirement is that we let go and let God.