Gumbel To 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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