Charles R. Swindoll Quotes

It's nothing to be ashamed of to have a stutter.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

My grandmother made sure that I went to church every Sunday. And she'd come over and pick us boys up, and we would go to the Nazarene church. And back then, that was about as close to heaven as I ever got, because just the time to be able to spend with her, and she was very, very religious.

I'd make a bad preacher.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

I didn't stutter when I was reading lines in a script. When I got away from myself, I didn't have that problem.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

I went to a Presbyterian college, you know, I was in... all the way, and so I remember doing my first sermon when I was 17, I was in high school. It wasn't a full twenty-five minute sermon, but for like ten minutes I got up and they let me do that, and it was on faith.

I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.

Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.

Living with a stammer is difficult. It's a daily uphill struggle with emotional baggage weighing you down. You can't be the person you want to be.

I do believe in Christ, but I would not hold myself up as any paragon of virtue at all - far from it, really.

After I'd preached a message on Sunday night, I'd print it up.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it's kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an acting class, which was very, very nerve-wracking... my stomach would just be in knots.

I will always have a stutter.

I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.