Oswald Chambers Quotes

When I moved to Los Angeles, aged 54, I printed out Winston Churchill's phrase, 'Never, never, never give up', and stuck it on my fridge. I had no idea what was going to happen, but I knew I had to keep on going.

The best way out is always through.

There's moments where things are harder than others, and there are obviously questions, but when it comes down to it, there is no quit in me.

Having people doubt you is what gives you that fire in your belly.

Through a forest of challenges, thought moves and squirms, resisting beguilements; if it endures, it emerges pure.

Dream big . . . don't let anybody or anything break your wishbone. Stay strong, full of faith, and courageous... keep that backbone straight. And along the way, don't forget to laugh and enjoy the journey.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted.

Bad times make good people, as mountainous pressures make diamonds or as fire tempers steel.

Determination means to use every challenge you meet as an opportunity to open your heart and soften, determined to not withdraw.

My advice to you is never stop believing.

You don't have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day's work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds.

There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.

Whatever obstacles appear in your path, put your head down and get past them. Those obstacles aren't real. They're just God's way of testing you. He's asking you, 'Do you want to make it or not?'

Now is the time to be bold. It is easy when the wind is at your back. But the real test is now when the wind is in our face. That's when we find out if we are tough enough. Inspired enough, committed enough.

So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part of his Good Fight.

Do not let your fire go out.

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.

It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.

He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.

It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people and the sort of inspiration that you see from so many hundreds of people who tackle tasks that are impossible and never give up and succeed.

We're only passers-by, and all you can do is love what you have in your life. A person has to fight the meanness that sometimes comes with you when you're born, sometimes grows if you aren't in lucky surroundings. It's our challenge to fend it off, leave it behind us choking and gasping for breath in the mud. It's our task to seek out something with truth for us, no matter if there is a hundred-mile obstacle course in the way, or a ramshackle old farmhouse that binds and binds.

The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.