Quotes related to 1 Samuel 16:7
What attracts us doesn't always connect us. I can't tell you how many friends I have who have been taken in by somebody sexy or powerful or charming but soon after find themselves feeling alone in the relationship. It's one thing to impress people, but it's another to love them.
— Donald Miller
Is there anything more toxic than the fear of being judged? Judgment shuts us down and makes us hide. It keeps us from being ourselves, which keeps us from connecting with other people.
— Donald Miller
Look, you guys are running around like monkeys trying to get people to clap, but people are fallen, they are separated from God, so they have no idea what is good or bad, worthy to be judged or set free, beautiful or ugly to begin with. Why not get your glory from God? Why not accept your feelings of redemption because of His pleasure in you, not the fickle and empty favor of man? And only then will you know who you are.
— Donald Miller
Branding concerns itself with fonts and colors and design.
— Donald Miller
What people believe is more important than how they look, what their skills are, or their degree of passion.
— Donald Miller
For example, if we own a house-painting business, our customer's external problem might be an unsightly home. The internal problem, however, may involve a sense of embarrassment about having the ugliest home on the street. Knowing this, our marketing could offer "Paint That Will Make Your Neighbors Jealous".
— Donald Miller
For a long time, I thought I was good at relationships because I was charming.
— Donald Miller
Almost all companies try to sell solutions to external problems, but as we unfold the StoryBrand Framework, you'll see why customers are much more motivated to resolve their inner frustrations.
— Donald Miller
if the time we spend trying to become somebody people will love isn't wasted because the most powerful, most attractive person we can be is who we already are.
— Donald Miller
It has been said that some people go to church to eye the clothes and others go to close their eyes.
— J. Vernon McGee
Just as a parent is pleased with the efforts of his little child to please him, though it be only by picking a daisy or walking across a room, so is our Father in heaven pleased with the poor performances of His believing children. He looks at the motive, principle, and intention of their actions, and not merely at their quantity and quality. He regards them as members of His own dear Son,
— JC Ryle
is no disgrace to be poor. The laborer who serves Christ faithfully is far more honorable in God's eyes than the nobleman who serves sin.
— JC Ryle