Jim Stovall Quotes & Sayings

When we can learn from our own problems, we begin to deal with life. When we can learn from other people's problems, we begin to master life. — Jim Stovall

Laughter is good medicine for the soul. Our world is desperately in need of more medicine. — Jim Stovall

I finally know that joy does not come from avoiding a problem or having someone else deal with it for you. Joy comes from overcoming a problem or simply learning to live with it while being joyful. — Jim Stovall

You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything ... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start. — Jim Stovall

He who loves his work never labors. — Jim Stovall

things in this life can be separated into two categories: Things that are valuable and things that matter. — Jim Stovall

Control what you can, acknowledge what you cannot. — Jim Stovall

Any discussion of money and success would be lacking if I did not state that money is neither good nor bad. In the hands of good people, money can build places of healing, worship, and learning. In the hands of bad people, money can create destruction, disease, and death. — Jim Stovall

A journey should never be judged by the destination or mode of transportation. It should be judged by the friends who accompany us on the trip. — Jim Stovall

that we would receive the overwhelming message that the vast majority of adults feel they have no talent in these areas. On the other hand, if we were to conduct the same poll among 4-year-olds, we would find that virtually all of them are convinced they can sing, and virtually all of them have confidence in their ability to dance. Most of the 4-year-olds have little or no real talent, but, instead, they are endowed with incredible confidence in their own potential. This confidence, or certainty of success, is something we were all born with but we later traded in for a strong dose of what we call realism. Shortly after we reach school age, we are taught lessons about the world that revolve around us, limiting our vision and becoming realistic. — Jim Stovall

In those times we yearn to have more in our lives, we should dwell on the things we already have. In doing so, we will often find that our lives are already full to overflowing. — Jim Stovall

Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching. — Jim Stovall

Money is nothing more than a tool. It can be a force for good, a force for evil, or simply idle. — Jim Stovall

You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, ackowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. — Jim Stovall

Love is a treasure for which we can never pay. The only way we keep it is to give it away. — Jim Stovall

Sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh. — Jim Stovall

I've seen people recover physical abilities, yet never get over emotional trauma after a serious accident. I've seen other people overcome the psychological and emotional trauma of a serious illness even though they may never fully regain their physical capabilities. Which is the greater healing? Which is the better recovery? If I had the option of choosing between a mediocre life with eyesight or the life I have today, even though I am blind, I'd stay blind and keep the life I have. — Jim Stovall

When we help one another, everybody wins. — Jim Stovall

Anything good, honorable, and desirable in life is based on love. Anything bad or evil is simply life without the love involved. — Jim Stovall

You will hear your heartbeat again when your life is in rhythm, and there is no doubt that you're doing what you were made to do. That's your heartbeat; that's when you're truly alive and not just existing" I — Jim Stovall

Wife and two children on the spot of barren dirt that hours before had been his home and everything he owned, he spoke the words I will keep with me always. He said, "We have lost absolutely everything. We have nothing left other than the clothes on our backs." Then, after a brief pause, he continued, "But I guess we are lucky since our whole family is safe and sound. We have everything important." To have lost everything and still have everything seems contradictory, but it's not. As I reflect on the lessons presented by the young father, I realize that we all spend a lot of time accumulating things that in the final — Jim Stovall

the desire and hunger for education is the key to real learning. — Jim Stovall

Remember that a wish held fervently turns into belief, and a belief held diligently becomes reality. — Jim Stovall

Life at its essence boils down to one day at a time. Today is the day! — Jim Stovall

Somehow love from the past can be felt in the present and accompany us on our journey into the future. — Jim Stovall

In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others. — Jim Stovall

Being successful is a choice and, therefore, being defeated is a decision. — Jim Stovall

Some people are born into wonderful families. Others have to find or create them. Being a member of a family is a priceless membership that we pay nothing for but love. — Jim Stovall

Education is a lifelong journey whose destination expands as you travel. — Jim Stovall

Only when we try to understand one another's suffering can we begin to bring each other joy. — Jim Stovall

If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future. — Jim Stovall

A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself. — Jim Stovall

Showing Respect Is not Slavery ... and Must Be Taught — Jim Stovall

experience, and most of those experiences are painful and costly. If you can learn from someone else's pain and expense, you are a wise person, indeed. I would encourage you to read this book, cover-to-cover, but also keep it as a reference text using the sections and individual columns as a resource you can revisit as your life journey calls for specific wisdom. It is my hope that this is not a one-time encounter that you and I are having. My hope is, in the coming months and years as you travel toward your own personal — Jim Stovall

It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends. — Jim Stovall

The only way to truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away. — Jim Stovall

Problems may only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment may only be gained by experiencing life's problems. — Jim Stovall

Faith is all that dreamers need to see into the future. — Jim Stovall