Gumbel Quotes & Sayings

We have been forgiven so much that nothing we forgive compares to the amount we have been forgiven. — Nicky Gumbel

I once read that the only way to enjoy life is to observe everything with a sense of detached amusement. I don't always do that, but it serves you well to keep it in mind. — Bryant Gumbel

If I'm in a room with 100 people, will I be able to find one person I'd like to have dinner with? Probably not. — Bryant Gumbel

Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore. — Nicky Gumbel

Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems — Nicky Gumbel

There is a story behind every person, a reason why they are the way they are. Don't be quick to judge. Be kind and assume the best. — Nicky Gumbel

If God answers 'Yes', He is increasing your faith. If 'Wait', He is increasing your patience. If 'No', He has something better for you. — Nicky Gumbel

The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience. — Nicky Gumbel

I feel responsibility for a lot of things that I manage to touch. — Bryant Gumbel

Don't worry about your future. God knows you completely, accepts you unconditionally and loves you wholeheartedly. You can trust Him. — Nicky Gumbel

It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship. — Nicky Gumbel

If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep. — Nicky Gumbel

I still start to get panicky each morning before I go on television. I'll say, 'I'm in awful shape, something is wrong,' and if I start to look like I'm going off the deep end, Jimmy Straka, the stage manager, will say, 'You're all right. Calm down.' Then Bryant Gumbel will grab me by the leg or something. — Willard Scott

Bryant Gumbel's ego has applied for statehood. And if it's accepted, it will be the fifth-largest. — Willard Scott

Too often we try to use God to change our circumstance, when God is trying to use our circumstance to change us. — Nicky Gumbel

I don't want to wait until something happens to see who my friends are. — Bryant Gumbel

Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II. — Bryant Gumbel

Nicky Gumbel, the vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton in London and founder of the Alpha Course, tweeted, "You can teach what you know, but you will reproduce what you are. — Brad Lomenick

The bombing in Oklahoma City has focused renewed attention on the rhetoric that's been coming from the right and those who cater to angry white men. Right-wing talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Bob Grant, Oliver North, G. Gordon Liddy, Michael Reagan and others take to the air every day with basically the same format: Detail a problem, blame the government or a group and invite invective from like-minded people. Never do most of the radio hosts encourage outright violence, but the extent to which their attitudes may embolden or encourage some extremists has clearly become an issue. — Bryant Gumbel

In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care, to fight for gay rights, to support personal freedoms. Couldn't those be considered doing the right things, evidence of true character? — Bryant Gumbel

It's impossible that the improbable will never happen. — Emil Julius Gumbel

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you. — Nicky Gumbel

Life is short. Make the most of it. Put God first. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Laugh a lot. Find and live out your purpose. — Nicky Gumbel

Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond. — Nicky Gumbel

The cross is bigger than your mistakes, bigger than your regrets, bigger than the secrets you hold. The cross stands above it all. — Nicky Gumbel

I have been a sports fan my whole life. To be able to talk about sports in an intelligent, journalistic fashion and to do things of a serious nature is a dream job. — Bryant Gumbel

I'm still going to do television. I'm just not going to do morning television. I would like to do some things that satisfy interests, private interests. — Bryant Gumbel

People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every day. — John Tesh

Stop looking for the perfect church. It does not exist. Even if it did exist, the moment we joined it, it would no longer be perfect! — Nicky Gumbel

Don't undervalue yourself. God loves you. Your worth is what you are worth to God. Jesus died for you. You are of infinite value. — Nicky Gumbel

Your age doesn't define your maturity; your grades don't define your ability; and what people say about you doesn't define who you are. — Nicky Gumbel

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. — Bryant Gumbel

Just because you are struggling does NOT mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there. — Nicky Gumbel

Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway. — Nicky Gumbel

Three principles of prayer:
1. Keep it honest.
2. Keep it simple.
3. Keep it up. — Nicky Gumbel

My mom sees her sons as baby boys. Well, I stopped being her baby boy a long time ago. — Bryant Gumbel

The bottom line is more tax money is going to be needed. Just how much will be the primary issue on the agenda when Congressional leaders meet with the President later today, Wednesday, May the 9th, 1990. And good morning, welcome to Today. It's a Wednesday morning, a day when the budget picture, frankly, seems gloomier than ever. It now seems the time has come to pay the fiddler for our costly dance of the Reagan years. — Bryant Gumbel

Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing. — Nicky Gumbel

Be thankful for every day. Learn from mistakes. Don't dwell on regrets. Forgive with love. Gain strength from every struggle. — Nicky Gumbel

Success takes the courage to know who you really are and be comfortable with that. — Bryant Gumbel

Life is a huge privilege and opportunity. God has trusted you with gifts and abilities, which he wants you to use. — Nicky Gumbel

Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities. — Nicky Gumbel

If we knew what people had been through, their sorrow and suffering, we would not be so quick to judge. — Nicky Gumbel

Physical heat sometimes accompanies the filling of the Spirit and people experience it in their hands or some other part of their bodies. One person described a feeling of 'glowing all over'. Another said she experienced 'liquid heat'. Still another described 'burning in my arms when I was not hot'. — Nicky Gumbel

We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes. — Nicky Gumbel

People may hurt you but God will heal you. People may humiliate you but God will honour you. People may judge you but God will justify you. — Nicky Gumbel

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off. — Nicky Gumbel

Difficulties come into our lives to develop us. Every storm is a school. Every trial is a teacher. Every experience is an education. — Nicky Gumbel

The most precious gift you can give someone is the gift of your time and attention. — Nicky Gumbel

One person can stop a great injustice. One person can be a voice for truth. One person's kindness can save a life. — Nicky Gumbel

I have found on Alpha that those from an essentially enlightened background feel at home with the parts of the course which appeal to the mind, but often have difficulty in experiencing the Holy Spirit. Others coming from the New Age movement find that rational and historical explanations leave them cold, but at the weekend away they are on more familiar territory in experiencing the Holy Spirit — Nicky Gumbel

We are essentially in the business of telling stories. We would like to think that most of our stories are basically human stories with sports as a backdrop. — Bryant Gumbel

I feel young, but my body doesn't agree. — Bryant Gumbel

It is a great privilege to meet inspiring leaders from different parts of the church - Catholic, Baptist, Salvation Army, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Methodist, and so many more - and discover that what unites us is infinitely greater than what divides us. — Nicky Gumbel

The strength of your faith is not measured by the absence of doubt, but by the faithfulness of your life in the face of doubt. — Nicky Gumbel

Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door. — Nicky Gumbel

Friendship multiplies joy and divides sorrow. — Nicky Gumbel

Putting styles on lock, and making beats by the bundle,
Scooping more props than Bryant Gumbel ... and staying humble. — Pete Rock

Just because something isn't happening for you right now, doesn't mean it won't happen. God's timing is perfect. — Nicky Gumbel

When things aren't working out as you wish, be patient. Stop trying to move ahead of God. His timing is perfect. Trust Him. — Nicky Gumbel

How can you rank BYU No. 1? Who'd they play - Bo Diddley Tech? — Bryant Gumbel

Just because you can't see the air, doesn't mean you stop breathing. And just because you can't see God, doesn't mean you stop believing — Nicky Gumbel

It's not that I dislike many people. It's just that I don't like many people. — Bryant Gumbel

Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing. — Nicky Gumbel

Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line. — Bryant Gumbel

You reveal your own character most clearly when you describe someone else's. — Nicky Gumbel

Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present. — Nicky Gumbel

Sometimes God calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and He calms you — Nicky Gumbel

Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count. — Nicky Gumbel

What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us. — Nicky Gumbel

Though part of me had always wanted to be a comedian, another part of me had always wanted to be Bryant Gumbel or Dan Rather. — Chris Rock

Live your life with a purpose beyond yourself,
and you'll find that the world is
as bold and broad as
the interests that
brought you here ... — Bryant Gumbel

With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own. — Nicky Gumbel

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it. — Nicky Gumbel

If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf. — Nicky Gumbel

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears,
your actions louder than your words,
and your faith stronger than your feelings — Nicky Gumbel

If I'm a young black man in South Central L.A., where poverty is rampant and unemployment is skyrocketing, I see that Washington's promises of a year ago have gone unfulfilled, I see that perhaps for a second time, the court's inability to mete out justice in a blind fashion, why shouldn't I vent my anger? — Bryant Gumbel

Bryant Gumbel is thrilled about his CBS deal and can't wait to start alienating the staff of an entirely new network. — Craig Kilborn

You'll never see me working five days a week again. — Bryant Gumbel

There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life. — Bryant Gumbel

Life is so short. Grudges are a waste of time. Laugh when you can, apologise when you should, and trust God with what you cannot change. — Nicky Gumbel

Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you. — Nicky Gumbel

In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference. — Nicky Gumbel