Posts from 6/27-30/13

One chance is all you need.
- Jesse Owens

 A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
- John Burroughs

 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:23

 Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
- John D. Rockefeller

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
- Psalm 90:2,4

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.
- Jerry Rice

 The world would have you agree with its dismal dream of limitation. But the light would have you soar like the eagle of your sacred visions.
- Alan Cohen

 You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
- Napoleon Hill

 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
- Habakkuk 3:19

 We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
- Maya Angelou

 Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalms 73:23-26

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
- Aldous Huxley

 Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
- Markus Zusak

 
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Matthew 7:13-14

 You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.
- Ken Kesey

 If moment by moment you can keep your mind clear then nothing will confuse you.
- Sheng Yen

 If I have a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the explanation is - I was made for another world
- C.S. Lewis

 You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.
- Gordie Howe

 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
- Matthew 6:26

 Reflect upon your present blessings.
- Charles Dickens

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
- Colossians 3:13

 It is necessary for us to learn from others' mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them all yourself.
- Hyman G. Rickove

 Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.
- Albert Einstein

 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
- Psalm 46:10

 You must have long-range goals to keep from being frustrated by short-term failures.
- Bob Bales

 You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.
- Harry Firestone

 Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
- Proverbs 3:25, 26

 Don't let someone dim your light, simply because it's shining in their eyes.
- Unknown

 All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
- Dale Carnegie

 We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
- Woodrow Wilson

 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
- Psalm 19:1-2

 You have the power to change.
- Les Brown

 To all you who believe in reincarnation, the phrase, “you only live once” is meaningless. So I say to you, go about your life as if you are going to live forever.
- The Daily Guru