Quote me on that...

Have you ever quoted someone? Of course you have. We all have. We love to recall what someone said. There are entire websites created that simply list quotes from people. Some famous. Some unknown. Some completely random. 

“Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” – JFK

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal.” – Winston Churchill

“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” – C.S. Lewis

“When you’re wrong, admit it. When you’re right, shut up.” – my bride

Quotes are the SportsCenter highlights of someone’s life. They give us a quick peek into the mindset and mentality of what that person believes. Some of the most powerful and poignant moments of history are encapsulated in a single quote from the time.

Have you ever considered this: When people remember you, what will they remember you saying? What quotes will they attribute to you?

I’m not talking about having some deep, meaningful, life-altering ten word phrase or sentence. You may have some of those; you may not. But what will people remember you saying?

See, I think our most quotable moments reveal the reality of our priorities. What we say the most, what we refer to the most, what we talk about the most – that’s what tells us and others what we truly hold as important. So think about that. Because as the Bible says (and I’m paraphrasing here), “What a man talks about is what his heart truly values.”

Think about that when you are talking to someone again. If they never hear you again, what will they remember you saying?