A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.

The secret of Washington's ability to accomplish so much was his mastery of time management. Consider his statements on time. "What to me is more valuable, my time, that I most regard," he wrote to James McHenry, September 14, 1799. Similarly, he wrote to James Anderson on December 10, 1799, "… time, which is of more importance than is generally imagined.

Many saints were made out of passionate sinners—the angry, the hating, the lustful, the cynical; but none were ever made out of the slothful.

Right Response to Reality—the Three R's—is the fundamental principle of morality, of sanctity, and of sanity.

that habituation is a slow, imperceptible sinking, whose point of no return is not clearly marked.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

I've observed an unmistakable synergy between engagement in purposeful, proactive outreach and serendipitous encounters with people that lead to spiritually significant conversations. Taking the initiative to present reasons for faith in Christ with people who don't yet know him and who realize we're there for that purpose can enhance our sensitivity and readiness for moments when the Holy Spirit surprises us with such opportunities.

If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.

I've heard it said, "If the Devil can't make us really bad, then he'll try to make us really busy.

The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.

It's critical to God that we think about how we live, how we spend the present time with which we're gifted each day.

Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's not realistic, and it's also not wise.