Posts from 9/21-24/14

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
- Philippians 4:4

 It is never too late to be what you might have been.
- George Eliot

 Set your sights high – the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
- Eileen Caddy

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:6-7

 All riches are multiplied by the simple process of sharing them where they may serve others.
- Anonymous

 Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden

 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
- Matthew 16:15-16

 Perfection is over-rated. An idea doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be implemented.
- Unknown

 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

 Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
- Princess Diana

 Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything.
- Chinese Proverb

 Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek.
- English Proverb

 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
- Matthew 19:14

 Courage is…what it takes to stand up and speak.
Courage is also…what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Sir Winston Churchill

9/17-20/14

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
- Marion Wright Edelman

 The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor, and style.
- Maya Angelou

 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

 It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
- Erma Bombeck

 Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Effie Jones

 Beauty is how you feel inside and it reflects in your eyes ~ it is not something physical.
- Sophia Loren

 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
- Romans 1:16

 Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
- Arthur Ransome

 If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
- Joseph Addison

 The only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary.
- May B Smith

 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
- Ephesians 6:13

 It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
- Italian Proverb

 All the happiness you ever find lies in you.
- Anonymous

 The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
- Moliere

 The greatest step toward accomplishment is self-confidence.
- Jim Rohn

 I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
- Psalm 119:7

 It isn't what you say or wish or hope or intend that demonstrates what you really believe. It is only what you do.
- Brian Tracy

 Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder.
- Henry David Thoreau

 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10

 He who laughs, lasts.
- Mary Poole

 You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
- Anonymous

 The starting point of all achievement is desire… Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
- Napoleon Hill

 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
- Psalm 119:30

 Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
- Blaise Pascal

 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalm 23:4

Posts from 9/10-13/14

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
- Psalm 16:8

 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
- Psalm 34:8

 Age is not a matter of years. It is a state of mind.
- Robert Collier

 Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.
- Ed Cunningham

 Worry is a misuse of imagination.
- Dan Zadra

 Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It's a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don't have. It's so simple - yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend.
- Bits and Pieces

 If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
- St. Clement of Alexandra

 Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
- Voltaire

 Don't let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.
- Kimberly Jones

 God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
- C.S. Lewis

 The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.
- Horace Bushnell

 The moment where you doubt whether you can fly, you seas for ever being able to do it.
- Peter Pan

 The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
- Psalm 139:1-4

 The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
- E E Cummings

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

Posts from 9/1-4/14

Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
- Tyron Edwards

 As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
- Psalm 18:30

 Haste in every business brings failure.
- Herodotus

 There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
- Sophia Loren

 There is no limitation other than what we think.
- Kenneth G. Mills

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

 Knowledge helps you make a living; wisdom helps you make a life.
- Chinese Proverb

 He that can have patience can have what he will.
- Benjamin Franklin

 One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller

 I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.
- Psalm 138:2

 What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.
- Norton Juster

 Man can only vanquish fear by walking up to the thing he is afraid of.
- Florence Scovel Shinn

 Paint a masterpiece daily. Always autograph your work with excellence.
- Greg Hickman

 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
- Proverbs 21:2

 No matter how painful our early experiences were, our Essence cannot be harmed. Our Essence is waiting for the opportunity to reveal itself. In a very true sense, we are waiting for the opportunity to become ourselves. Our spirit is yearning to break free, to express itself.
- John Robson

 Something which we think is impossible now will not be impossible in another decade.
- Constance Baker Motley

 Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
- Tim Notke

 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
- Ephesians 3:20-21

 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10

 No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.
- Anonymous

 The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw

 Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
- Jack Lemmon

 People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.
- Brian Tracy

 Start by doing what is necessary; then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
- St. Francis of Assisi

 People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.
- Joe Gibbs

 Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 1:6

 Remember, happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
- Dale Carnegie

 Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. life's too short to think small.
- Tim Ferriss

 The world leaders in innovation and creativity will also be world leaders in everything else.
- Harold R McAlindon

 But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Matthew 4:4

 I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou