“I defy you to find a statue or a monument ever erected to anyone because they were realistic. All dreamers, all achievers, all great people kept their child-like faith in their own dream and their ability to carry it out, and these great people had an inordinate gift to disregard the word's cries for reality.”
―
Jim Stovall
“The only way to truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away.”
―
Jim Stovall
“You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.”
―
Jim Stovall
“Love is a treasure for which we can never pay. The only way we keep it is to give it away.”
―
Jim Stovall
“We, here in Western civilization, have failed to master the concept of living in the moment. We spend so much time worrying about yesterday or planning tomorrow that we fail to live today.”
―
Jim Stovall
“In those times when we yearn to have more in our lives, we should dwell on the things we already have. In doing so, we will often find that our lives are already full to overflowing.”
―
Jim Stovall
“In life’s journey, the things we keep we eventually lose, while the things we give away, we always have.”
―
Jim Stovall
“It is impossible to experience fear, hate, or defeat when we are laughing.”
―
Jim Stovall
“great legacy starts with a great life, and every great life starts with a great plan.”
―
Jim Stovall
“that we would receive the overwhelming message that the vast majority of adults feel they have no talent in these areas. On the other hand, if we were to conduct the same poll among 4-year-olds, we would find that virtually all of them are convinced they can sing, and virtually all of them have confidence in their ability to dance. Most of the 4-year-olds have little or no real talent, but, instead, they are endowed with incredible confidence in their own potential. This confidence, or certainty of success, is something we were all born with but we later traded in for a strong dose of what we call realism. Shortly after we reach school age, we are taught lessons about the world that revolve around us, limiting our vision and becoming realistic.”
―
Jim Stovall
“Problems can only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment can only be gained by experiencing life’s problems.”
―
Jim Stovall
“Every day is a gift because it can either be the first day of the rest of our life or be our last day here on earth.”
―
Jim Stovall
“poverty in a family of twelve children.”
―
Jim Stovall
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if no one is watching.”
―
Jim Stovall
“it is more important how you change the lives of those whom you touch every day than whether or not you change the world.”
―
Jim Stovall
