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Inspirational Quotes by Robert H. Schuller (American Televangelist, Author)

Inspirational Quotations by Robert H. Schuller (American Televangelist, Author)

Robert Harold Schuller (1926–2015) was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. He was principally known for his weekly Hour of Power television program 1970–2010.

Born near Alton, Iowa, Schuller was an ordained minister of the Reformed Church in America. He was a prominent megachurch pastor, a popular televangelist, and a foremost proponent of “possibility thinking.” Related closely to the “positive thinking” movement of his mentor Norman Vincent Peale, Schuller’s “possibility thinking” message synthesized therapeutic psychology, mind conditioning, New Thought, and positive biblical texts.

Schuller Hour of Power program was one of the most popular and long-standing television ministries produced in America. He had a colossal impact upon popular American religion since 1960.

Schuller produced over 30 books, six of which have made The New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. His notable works include Peace of Mind with Possibility Thinking (1977,) Living Powerfully One Day at a Time (1982,) The Be Happy Attitudes (2002,) Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do (2006) and the autobiography Prayer: My Soul’s Adventure With God (1995.)

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Inch by inch, anything’s a cinch; meter by meter, life is sweeter.
—Robert H. Schuller

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Courage, Fear, Entrepreneurs, Listening

For every mountain, there is a miracle.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Challenges, Difficulty, Obstacles, Miracles

Turn your scars into stars.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Failure

Every burden is a blessing.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Blessings, Adversity

Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure… it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Failure

Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Bravery, Courage

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Hope, Entrepreneurs

Tough times never last, but tough people do.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Adversity, Endurance

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Bravery, Courage

Possibilitizing is overcoming while you’re undergoing.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Potential

You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn’t want to.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Entrepreneurs, Change

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Achieving, Planning, Entrepreneurs, Achievement, Preparation

Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Problem-solving

Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don’t even know there is a ladder.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Success & Failure

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Perfectionism, Self-Esteem, Action

Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, “I’m sorry.”
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Anger

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Victory, Entrepreneurs, Failure

Commit yourself to a dream … Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life’s most important battle—he defeated the fear of trying.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Trying, Dreams

Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Possibilities, Miracles, Determination

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Difficulty, Obstacles

Winning starts with beginning.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Action

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
—Robert H. Schuller

When you can’t solve the problem, manage it.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Problems

As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Humanity, Respect, Growth, Entrepreneurs

I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and see it through. I will solve the problems. I will pay the price. I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream walk away: Alert! Alive! Achieved!
—Robert H. Schuller

Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Faith, God, Entrepreneurs

Success is never ending: failure is never final.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Failure

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Perseverance, Problems, One liners

Every human being is born without faith. Faith comes only through the process of making decisions to change before we can be sure it’s the right move.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Faith, Belief

Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Determination

Are you disappointed, discouraged and discontented with your present level of success? Are you secretly dissatisfied with your present status? Do you want to become a better and more beautiful person than you are today? Would you like to be able to really learn how to be proud of yourself and still not lose genuine humility? Then start dreaming! It’s possible! You can become the person you have always wanted to be!
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Dreams

I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Action

Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Possibilities, Imagination

You will never win if you never begin.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Action, One liners, Winning

Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Action, Entrepreneurs, Dreams

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don’t know how to quit.
—Robert H. Schuller

Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Goals, Goal

Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Challenges

Build a dream and the dream will build you.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Dreams

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