Edwin Louis Cole Quotes

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

The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.

What the mind cannot retain, the body will have to endure.

Building a godly life on the sand of scriptural illiteracy is impossible.

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

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

Some things are more important that life itself

You don't reward reaction; you reward results.

Accepting responsibility for the actions of others contributes to your own greatness.

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

It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness.

Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.

To him who knows to prosper and does it not, to him it is sin.

There is a high cost for low living.

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

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.

Men tend to feel threatened; women tend to feel guilty.

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.

Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.

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

Believing in evolution is believing in the unproved, while believing in Christ is believing in the proven.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

wisdom, when it comes to sin, is that human wisdom wants to cover it up. Adam

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

God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored.

If you can't take it, you won't make it.

There are no small churches, just small people.

You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.

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

All wrong conduct is based on wrong believing

Being faithful in that which is another man's qualifies us to receive our own.

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

A woman's uniqueness is her greatest appeal to a man - and his greatest challenge.

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

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

Attitude determines the altitude of life.

You are committed to what you confess.

There is a price to pay for accomplishment.

Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.

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

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

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

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.

God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter.

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

Christians are not patched-up sinners, they are new creations.

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

Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.

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

Good is often the enemy of best.

Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.

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

Prayer in private results in boldness in public.

Manhood and Christlikeness are synonymous.

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

Failing is not the worst thing in the world; quitting is

Professionals who are prayerful and productive are indispensable!

The counterfeit trinity is me, myself, and I.

Truth is life's most precious commodity.

Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct.