Posts from 12/15-28/14

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
- Isaiah 40:28

 Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
- George Addair

 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- Psalm 19:14

 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F Kennedy

 The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and actualizer… He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it he sees exactly how to make it happen.
- Robert L. Schwartz

 You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
- Babe Ruth

 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6

 Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work.
- Vincent T Lombardi

 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- John 15:12

 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 9:6

 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
- Matthew 1:20-21

 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins.
- Luke 1:76-77

 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:6-7

 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
- Luke 2:12-14

 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
- Psalm 105:1

 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Romans 10:4

Posts from 12/10-14/14

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
- Michelangelo

 Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
- Pablo Picasso

 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
- Psalm 63:1

 You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
- Zig Ziglar

 Nothing is stronger than habit.
- Ovid

 For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
- Aristotle

 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
- John 6:35

 Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

 Quiet people have the loudest minds.
- Stephen Hawking

 Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
- Emily P. Bissell

 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
- Isaiah 43:11-12

 If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
- Thomas J Watson

 Every time you stay out late; every time you sleep in; every time you miss a workout; every time you don’t give 100% – You make it that much easier for me to beat you.
- Unknown

 Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason why it will.
- Author Unknown

 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
- Psalm 37:7

 There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
- Peter A. Cohen

 If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to... there is nothing you cannot achieve.
- Lao Tzu

 Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
- Lyndon Johnson

 It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.
- Deuteronomy 13:4

 When people undermine your dreams, predict your doom or criticize you, remember they're telling you their story, not yours."
- LIFE by Cynthia Occelli

 There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
- General Colin L. Powell

 Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 10:14-15

 If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don’t nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life – this is also ‘playing’ the game!
- Emily Post

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
- John 11:25-26

Posts from 12/7-9/14

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 John 4:8

 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
- Isaiah 55:6

 I'm here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.
- Mark Zuckerberg

 For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
- John Burroughs

 What helps people, helps business.
- Leo Burnett

 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
- Matthew 5:9

 A man can’t be always defending the truth; there must be a time to feed on it.
- C. S. Lewis

 Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.
- Thomas J. Watson

 In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
- Harold Geneen

 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
- Isaiah 26:4

 There was a stillness of silence within me, and I heard the bliss whereby I knew myself as I am.
- Allogenes

 The great successful men of the world have used their imagination. They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building – steadily building.
- Robert Collier

 Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
- Jawaharial Nehru

 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:19-21

 If you do what you do well enough, long enough, consistently enough and fast enough, you will win the race.
- Peter Padilla

12/4-6/14

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.
- Thomas Carlyle

 A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
- Henry Ford

 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1 Peter 1:3

 No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
- J P Getty

 Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
- Mario Andretti

 The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
- Nolan Bushnell

 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
- Matthew 7:3-5

 
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
- Thomas Hardy

 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1

 Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.
- Sir Claus Moser

 Everything you need comes to you in perfect time, space and sequence.
- Louise Hay

 Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
- Paul J. Meyer

 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
- 1 John 2:15-17

 Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
- Stephen Covey

 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
- 2 Peter 3:10

Posts from 12/1-3/14

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- Matthew 5:11-12

 If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
- Booker T. Washington

 The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.
- Bill Copeland

 Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
- Thomas Carlyle

 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
- Revelation 1:8

 Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine

 In business, when things aren't working it's time to mix it up.
- Donald Trump

 He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
- Proverbs 29:25

 Believe in yourself, never give up and go about your business with passion drive and enthusiasm.
- Peter Jones

 The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.
- C. JoyBell C.

 Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.
- Mark Cuban

 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
- Psalm 62:6-7

 Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
- Farrah Gray

 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
- Revelation 3:20

 With self-discipline most anything is possible.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 All of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.
- Steve Ballmer

 It's so easy to add. It's hard to edit. The hardest decisions are the things not to work on
- Tim Cook

 Sometimes our greatest insight comes from our failure, not from our accomplishments.
- Author Unknown

 Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- Aristotle

Posts from 11/23-30/14

Be someone that makes you happy.
- Author Unknown

 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- Hebrews 10:30-31

 You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
- Abraham Lincoln

 A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
- Richard Branson

 Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
- Les Brown

 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
- 1 John 4:18

 Nothing is so much fun as business. I do not expect to do anything but work as long as I can stand up.
- William Wrigley Jnr

 Over every mountain is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
- Theodore Roethke

 The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.
- John Hancock

 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14

 Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.
- Warren Buffett

 You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.
- Richard Branson

 It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
- Zig Ziglar

 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
- 1 John 4:16-17

 Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets
- Henry Ford

 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
- Psalm 84:11

 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
- Psalm 100:4

 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
- Colossians 3:15

 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- Colossians 3:17

 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11

Posts from 11/19-22/14

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
- Ephesians 4:29

 Books, like friends, should be few, and well chosen.
- Samuel Paterson

 There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
- Christopher Morley

 Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.
- Michael Jackson
 
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
- Hebrews 3:4

 In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson

 Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.
- Leo Burnett

 When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.
- Anonymous

 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14

 Great hopes make great men.
- Thomas Fuller

 Spending today complaining about yesterday, won't make tomorrow any better.
- Author Unknown

 If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
- B C Forbes

 Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
- Romans 15:7

 I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot...and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
- Michael Jordan
Professional Basketball Player

 A strong positive self image is the best possible preparation for success in life.
- Dr. Joyce Brothers

 The best things we know and love started as tiny things.
- Joel Gascoigne

 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
- Romans 5:3-4

 One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
- Thomas Fuller

 You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.
- Harold Geneen

 Out of billions of people in the world, you get to decide exactly which people become the major influences in your life.
- Perry Marshal

 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 16:18

 If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
- Psalm 95:1-2

Posts from 11/12-18/14

Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it.
- Confucius

 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- James 3:13

 Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
- Ben Jonson

 In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.
- Anonymous

 If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
- Milton Berle

 Come now, let us reason together,' says the Lord. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
- Isaiah 1:18

 Get a good idea and stay with it. Do it, and work at it until it's done right.
- Walt Disney

 The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
- Robert Burton

 I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
- C.S. Lewis 

 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children.
- Ephesians 5:1

 Wake up every morning with the thought that something wonderful is about to happen.
- Author Unknown

 Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
- Harper Lee

 Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.
- Dalai Lama

 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
- James 1:12

 Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

 God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend. For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.
- Job 37:5-6

 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
- 1 Peter 2:15-16

 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
- Philippians 2:3-4

 The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary, so that the necessary may speak.
- artist Hans Hofmann

 The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
- Dale Carnegie

 He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
- Tyron Edwards

 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Psalm 111:10

 You can't test courage cautiously.
- Annie Dillard

 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.
- 1 Peter 3:18

Posts from 11/5-11/14

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
- 1 Peter 5:8-9

 Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
- Joel A Barker

 And all your future lies beneath your hat.
- John Oldham

 The early bird catches the worm.
- William Camden

 Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W Clement Stone

 Don't try to change people. Just love them. Love is what changes us.
- Author Unknown

 Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.
- John Wayne

 Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
- William James

 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
- Isaiah 46:4

 Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
- Harold Geneen

 Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and
business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you
associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles.
- Brian Tracy

 Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
- 1 John 4:21

 Any man can win when things go his way, it's the man who overcomes adversity that is the true champion.
- Jock Ewing

 When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.
- Erma Bombeck

 He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
- Cesare Pavese

 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
- Philippians 4:4

 Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.
- Ancient Indian Proverb

 When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

 One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing, is doing more.
- Washington Irvin

 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- Psalm 121:1-2

 Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
- 1 Peter 3:8

 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
- Philippians 2:1-2

 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:13

 The wishbone will never replace the backbone.
- Will Henry

 All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney

 Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
- Lou Holtz

 Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 You will never be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.
- James G. Bilkey

 If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
- John 14:15

 Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
- Thomas Jefferson

 To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being.
- Sir John Lubbock

 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
- 1 John 4:16

 Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
- John F. Kennedy

Posts from 11/1-4/14

With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
- Psalm 60:12

For “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

 On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
- Psalm 62:7

 When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love
- Marcus Aurelius

 When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
- Helen Keller

 The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
- Richard Bach

 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
- Titus 2:2

 You never know what you can do till you try.
- William Cobbett

 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
- James 2:19

 Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
- Horace

 Someday is not a day of the week.
- Denise Brennan-Nelson

 Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
- William James

 When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
- John F. Kennedy

 Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
- Washington Irving

Posts from 10/29-31/14

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
- William Penn

 For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
- Sir Walter Scott

 Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
- Epicurious

 Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
- William James

 There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
- C. S. Lewis

 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
- Psalm 143:10

 The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
- Sir Walter Scott

 Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.
- Eric Butterworth

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

 If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
- William James

 Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
- Jawaharlal Nehru

 A year from now you may wish you had started today.
- Karen Lamb

 Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
- Sean O'Casey

 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
- Proverbs 8:10-11

 Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
- Orison Swett Marden

 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Hebrews 4:12

Posts from 10/27-28/14

Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
- 1 John 2:9-10

 If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it.
- Earl Wilson

 Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.
- Marianne Williamson

 In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
- William McKinley

 The earth is filled with your love, Lord; teach me your decrees.
- Psalm 119:64

 Eighty percent of success is showing up.
- Woody Allen

 We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind’s greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

 The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go."
- Isaiah 48:17

 He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.
- Bessie Stanley

 Light tomorrow with today.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

 It isn’t life that weights us down – it’s the way we carry it.
- Elizabeth Potier

 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalm 56:4

 The question isn't can you? It's will you?
- Author Unknown

Posts from 10/21-26/14

When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
- Psalm 94:18-19

 Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.
- Author Unknown

 A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
- Elbert Hubbard

 Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
- Herman Cain

 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalm 42:8

 One of the greatest things in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You’re the one who’ll decide what you want to be.
- Jaime Escalante

 If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
- Buddhist Proverb

 Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
- Baltasar Gracian

 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11

 Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
- Henry David Thoreau

 Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln

 The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?
- Larry Flynt

 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
- Psalm 116:1-2

 The best dreams happen when you're awake.
- Author Unknown

 When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- Confucious

 I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
- Abraham Lincoln

 Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
- Psalm 119:165

 Success is ninety-nine percent failure.
- Soichiro Honda

 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.
- Anonymous

 Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.
- C.S. Lewis 

 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
- John 6:29

 Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
- William Penn

 Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.
- Charles Luckman

 I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
- Stephen Covey

 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 3:28

 Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
- William Feather

 An unexamined life is not worth living.
- Socrates

 If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
- Latin Proverb

 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 22:6

 Success is the maximum utilisation of the ability that you have.
- Zig Ziglar

 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is.
- Proverbs 15:23

 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- Proverbs 9:10

Posts from 10/17-20/14

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
- Jim Rohn

 The future is open; we decide what’s in it.
- Wolfgang Sonnenburg

 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- 1 John 5:12

 Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
- Abraham Lincoln

 The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way you use them.
- American Proverb

 Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
- Jim Rohn

 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalm 27:1

 Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.
- Author Unknown

 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 John 4:7-8

 Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
- Willie Nelson

 The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.
- Proverbs 12:16

 To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success.
- Anna Pavlova

 The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
- Karen S. Magee

 For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Psalm 16:8

Posts from 10/13-14/14

Many of life's failures are people who didn't realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Thomas A. Edison
 
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
- Psalm 46:1

 The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
- Jim Rohn

 Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.
- Jim Rohn

 A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one’s life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself.
- Louis L’Amour

 Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
- Jeremiah 32:17

 If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.
- Author Unknown

 For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
- Jim Rohn

 What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.
- J. Sidlow Baxter

10/7-12/14

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
- Isaiah 55:6

 When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.
- Lin-Chi

 Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
- Dale Carnegie

 This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
- Jeremiah 33:2-3

 Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent.
- Rick Warren

 You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
- Dale Carnegie

 Everybody is like a magnet. You attract to yourself reflections of that which you are. If you’re friendly, then everybody else seems to be friendly too.
- Dr. David Hawkins

 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
- Psalm 119:130

 Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
- Benjamin Franklin

 Workaholics are addicted to activity; superachievers are committed to results.
- Charles Garfield

 If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
- John Irving

 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
- Isaiah 26:4

 Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you or makes you happy.
- Author Unknown

 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- Psalm 19:8

 We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
- Jim Rohn

 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.
- Isaiah 33:22

 I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.
- James Cash Penney

 Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
- Psalm 149:4

 If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
- Jim Rohn

 Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky

 Every failure is a step to success.
- William Whewell

 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
- 2 Timothy 2:5

 Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.
- Virgil Garnett Thomson

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
- Jim Rohn
 
 Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there’s love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
- Ella Fitzgerald

 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- Luke 12:6-7

 Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
- Leon J. Suenens

 The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
- Marcus Aurelius

 The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.
- Jim Rohn

 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
- Psalm 42:1

 I'd rather live with a good question than a bad answer.
- Aryeh Frimer

 You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.
- Deuteronomy 13:4