Edwin Louis Cole Quotes

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.

God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.

Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit.

God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires.

Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.

Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.

You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

Knowledge is the acquiring of facts, understanding is the interpreting of facts, wisdom the application.

Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse and regret cannot compensate for sin....though sins can be forgiven immediately - the consequences can last a lifetime

A man who honors God privately will show it by making good decisions publicly.

Character is more important than talent.

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

The pleasures of sin exist. We cannot deny them. But we also dare not deny what follows in their wake: a voracious appetite, inflamed with eroticism, demanding more indulgence more often until a degenerative spiral captures the soul and drags us on a never ending descent into deeper patterns of immorality and illicit behaviour... Lust goes beyond the sexual. Lust can show itself in a variety of forms: covetousness, gluttony, drunkeness, power hunger, or unbridled ambition, to name a few

Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.

Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.

You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.

Have faith in God; God has faith in you.

Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.

Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.

All sin is a form of insanity. Satan is the most insane being of all because he still believes he can defeat God

There is a high cost for low living.

Remember, you are only committed to what you confess.

Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.

The difference between men who succeed or fail is their ability to handle pressure.

The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions.

Sin is still sin - no matter how you spell it.

Greatness comes through serving. The more you serve, the greater you become

When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm.

Fear attracts attack.

The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.

A ton of prayer will never produce what an ounce of obedience will.

Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity.

Men and women have strengths that complement each other.

The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.

Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.

The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.

The man who seeks to please God is the man who people are pleased with. The man who seeks to please others won't satisfy anyone.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren.

A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.

Crying over what's gone won't find the present.

There are dreamers and there are planners; the planners make their dreams come true.

God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you.

Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.

You cannot compensate by sacrifice what you lose through disobedience