The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge Quotes

“Everyone, everywhere, needs encouragement on a regular basis. Start with people you know and add to your list.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“When things happen to us that aren’t exactly what we had hoped for, there are a number of ways we can respond. But there’s only one response that will help us to move on toward the promise of a new day full of opportunities. Get over it, get up, and try it again. Olympian Eric Liddell once said, “In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.” Get over it, get up, and try it again.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Look for opportunities to share a word of comfort and grace with someone today—perhaps through a story of what God has done in your life.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“God’s Kingdom is being held in check by any church that is quick to criticize and disrespect others.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Moving from desire to actually doing better is only achieved with self-discipline, and self-discipline only works effectively when you trust in Him to help. Amp up your self-discipline in the areas you need it most.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“When society pummels you with messages that make you feel defeated and worthless, listen to the Person who loves you more than anyone else, and receive His gift of grace. Thank Him for it right now.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Respect isn’t a right. We aren’t entitled to it, and we can never earn it by demanding it. It’s something we earn because of our character—and by giving it to others. If we want to be respected, we have to show ourselves to be worthy of it, not by our status, possessions, or accomplishments, but by honesty, integrity, and responsibility.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“It’s sometimes easier to do the wrong thing, but it’s always better to do the right thing.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“God has given you one life to live—make it count for Him. Carpe diem—seize the day! Today and tomorrow and the next day . . . as long as He determines.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“The light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“If we can’t separate what we do from who we are, we’ll be defined by the words of people who really aren’t qualified to shape our identities. And if their words are negative, our perception of ourselves takes a huge blow.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Determine where you are and make adjustments. Stay close to God, and let His wisdom and leading guide you.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Transformation doesn’t happen overnight, and yet incremental changes in diet and exercise can make dramatic differences when done consistently over a period of time. Health and satisfaction result. And hope.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“But more and more, people will say things and then later claim they were misunderstood or were simply joking. I think the real misunderstanding was their lack of understanding of how their words would be received.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Keep the faith that God’s plan is always best. When we walk with Him, we’re walking with someone who knows where He is going.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” James 2:17-18”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“The little things we fail to do or fail to see—and the result is less than we planned. The little things we fail to do can make us come up short of where we wanted to be. How many victories in our lives are we missing because we fail to do the little things or we pull up just a couple of yards short? How many victories in our lives are just around the next corner, but we stop walking and never get to that corner?”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell . . . nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. ROMANS 8:38-39”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“God was very intentional about your design, your opportunities, and your purpose. Thank Him and look for ways to use what He has given you in the best way possible.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Perception doesn’t accomplish goals; substance does. Know who you really are and where you are going, and then pursue your goals.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“on what God can do through us—and on His promise that if we delight in Him, He will give us the desires of our hearts—we become confident and able to achieve whatever we were designed to achieve.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“UNCOMMON KEY > It is by grace, not works, that you are saved. However, your works may shed significant light on whether you ever had the moment of life-changing salvation that Christ offers.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Gather ye rosebuds while you may, Old time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“Wise people treasure knowledge, but the babbling of a fool invites disaster. PROVERBS 10:14”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“You only go around once in this life. You can spend it looking for the negative, or like Buck O’Neil, you can use God’s gift of life as an opportunity for joy and grace.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“UNCOMMON KEY > Be a gracious and authentic person for Christ—He can do wonders through your interactions with others for His Kingdom. Be ready to learn and possibly share your own knowledge.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

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― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“But when Christ said, “It is finished” and breathed His last breath on the cross, the curtain covering the “Holy of Holies” was immediately torn in half, signifying that we now had—through Christ’s death—direct access to God the Father. It’s still hard to fathom. But the picture of Him standing with open arms waiting for me, rather than being unapproachable behind a curtain, is a welcoming vision.”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge

“You’ll not find the life God intended for you in relationships seeking immediate and personal gratification—even the”
― Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge