Alberto Bernal Quotes

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

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

Prayer in private results in boldness in public.

Truth cannot be defeated.

You don`t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Good is often the enemy of best.

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.

If you can`t take it, you won`t make it.

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

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

There is a high cost for low living.

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

Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust.

Character is more important than talent.

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

You are committed to what you confess.

By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.

Men and women have strengths that complement each other.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity.

Fear attracts attack.

Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.

Crying over what`s gone won`t find the present.

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

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

God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter.

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

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

The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions.

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

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.

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

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

There is a price to pay for accomplishment.

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

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

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

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

You don`t reward reaction; you reward results.

Attitude determines the altitude of life.

There are no small churches, just small people.

Truth is life`s most precious commodity.

Life is lived on levels and arrived at in stages.

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

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

A dream doesn`t become a goal until it is written.

The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

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

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

What you believe about God has the greatest potential for good or harm in your life.

Have faith in God; God has faith in you.

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.

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

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

Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.

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

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

Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.