Tony Dungy Quotes

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.

I spent a couple years just earnestly praying, asking the question that I don't think we ask enough: 'God what do you want to do with me?' Really getting into our prayer closet, seeking His heart, asking what He wants to do in our lives.

If you want to be free, just start doing what God wants you to do, one step at a time, and you'll eventually walk out of your messes.

God wants you to get where God wants you to go more than you want to get where God wants you to go.

As we patiently follow the Savior, He will bless us beyond our own capacity to become what He wants us to be.

I will go where the Lord and the leaders of His Church want me to go, I will do what they want me to do, I will teach what they want me to teach, and I will strive to become what I should and must become.

My relationship with God has gotten so much stronger. He's always had his hand on me. He always guided me. I didn't always go where he wanted me to go. But He always had me. Now that I'm actually listening and being obedient, life is so much better.

I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I'm on course, and I'm doing what God wants me to do. I'm real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

I'm walking this walk, and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?

The Holy Spirit can be with you always and guide you back to Him, but in order to enjoy the benefits of this holy gift, you must truly receive it, and then you must use it in your life. How sad it would be to be given such a precious gift and then set it aside and never use it.

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.

People think that because people do religious stuff, that's all we're supposed to do. But with God's help, everything that He wants me to accomplish, I'm going to do it. It's all about pacing.

A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.

I believe God put that desire inside of all of us so that we can evaluate ourselves in the light of His Word in order to become all that He created us to be.

The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.

The Spirit communicating to your spirit is the most effective and fundamental of communications. Write it down. As you write down impressions of the Spirit, more are given.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

Don't just ask God for what we want. Let him teach us what we should want.

Remember, life itself is a mission. While we are on the go, we need to stop between steps to re-focus on the Word and the Will of God. While we are on the go, I mean, while we are on the mission, we need to sometimes stop at intervals to assess our progress and prepare ourselves for the challenges ahead.

I believe that whatever I do, after I've asked for guidance and direction from God, that whatever the results, these are the results of His guidance.

I walk with the Lord, just trusting day by day and week by week and month by month, what the next season holds and what the best next move for me is.

It's my job to continue on this journey with the goal of becoming the best me I can and to embody the love Christ has for me, for I answer to Him and Him alone.