Posts from 10/29-11/1/15

F-E-A-R has two meanings: “Forget Everything And Run, or “Face Everything And Rise.” The Choice is yours.
- Zig Ziglar

 Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
- Andy Rooney

 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalm 91:1

 You can never make the same mistake twice because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, it's a choice.
- Steven Denn

 Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.
- Mortimer B Zuckerman

 To reach a port, we must sail- Sail, not tie at anchor- Sail, not drift.
- Franklin Roosevelt

 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
- Proverbs 3:7-8

Every business is built on friendship.
- J C Penney

 The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson

 Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson

The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
- Psalm 121:7-8

 First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus

 Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
- John Stossel

 Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
- John Dewey

 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

 When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.
- Marshall B. Rosenberg

 But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3

Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 23:24

Posts from 10/23-28/15

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
- Charles Spurgeon

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

 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
- Psalm 68:4-5

 Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, I’m possible!”
- Audrey Hepburn

 Remember the difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says 'Go!', a leader says 'Let's go!'
- E.M. Kelly

 You have the power to change.
- Les Brown

 With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- Ephesians 4:2-3

 Success is about getting to the point where everyone quits and taking one more step.
- John Michael Morgan

 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
- Colossians 3:23-25

 But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
- Luke 6:27-28

 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
- 1 John 3:8

 You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams.
- Denis Waitley

 You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- Beverly Sills

 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:4

 The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.
- C.S. Lewis

 Your life is constantly nourished by your thoughts. Whatever the direction your life is moving, your thoughts have led you there.
- Ralph Marston

 Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
- Alfred A. Montapert

 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.
- Ephesians 5:25-26

 All you need to know id that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
- Pema Chodron

 Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
- Andrew Carnegie

 Always make your future bigger than your past.
- Dan Sullivan

 Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living.
- José N. Harris

 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
- Mark 8:36

 Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
- Alexander Hamilton

 By changing nothing, nothing changes.
- Tony Robbins

 You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.
- Brian Tracy

 You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.
- Thomas J Watson

 A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.
- Henry Ford

 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalm 56:3-4

 Those things which were hard to bear, are sweet to remember.
- Seneca

Posts from 10/21-22/15

One chance is all you need.
- Jesse Owens

 I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! These are always my goals and my attitude.
- Yani Tseng

 The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
- Proverbs 23:24

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

 The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.
- Albert Einstein

 Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.
- Tom Hiddleston

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

 Failure is the tuition you pay for success.
- Walter Brunell

 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

 Each moment give birth to a new opportunity to refocus, to be mindful, to take the next right action.
- Brendon Burchard

 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
- Psalm 103:13

 People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
- Tony Robbins

 What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
- Goethe

 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

 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- James 1:17

 Sometime it is better to be kind than to be right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens.
- Unknown

Posts from 10/17-20/15

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”
- Mark 9:23

 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
- Romans 12:9-10

 You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
- Nancy D. Solomon

 To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
- Samuel Johnson

 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
- Luke 11:13

 A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspired the power and energy to get it done.
- Ralph Lauren

 To do two things at once is to do neither.
- Publilius Syrus

 The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
Richard Bach

 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
- Luke 15:7

 People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- Confucius

 If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
- Thomas Edison

 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 3:20

 You can’t fail if you don’t quit. You can’t succeed if you don’t start.
- Michael Hyatt

 Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.
- Nido Qubein

 When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
- Confucius

 The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.
- William Boetcker

 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
- Romans 12:1

 Just think of any negativity that comes at you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Posts from 9/25-28/15

Do not throw in the towel; use it for wiping the sweat off your face.
- Unknown

 The more we criticize and judge, the less time we have to love and take care of.
- Author Unknown

 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
- Romans 11:33

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

 Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
- Ayn Rand

 Never spend your money before you have it.
- Thomas Jefferson

 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
- Psalm 27:4

 We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
- C. S. Lewis

 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
- Psalm 139:23-24

 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

 One sound idea is all that you need to achieve success.
- Napoleon Hill

 The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them.
- Denis Waitley

 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
- Hebrews 6:10

 Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
- Les Brown

 The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
- Dale Carnegie

 If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
- E. Joseph Cossman

 The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Posts from 9/21-24/15

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
- Robert H. Schuller

 First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
- Proverbs 31:30

 Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.
- Alex Noble

 The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.
- Kenneth Blanchard

 Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.
- Sam Ewing

 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- Ephesians 4:29

 Choose your thoughts how you choose your clothes. Make sure they are the best fit for the time, place and location.
- Author Unknown

 Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.
- T.S. Eliot

 Good things happen when you pay attention.
- John F Smith

 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
- Psalm 139:13-14

 I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.
- Audrey Hepburn

 Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
- Mother Teresa

 A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
- Charles Schwab

 The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.
- Zephaniah 3:17

 We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
- Psalm 28:7

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake!
- Psalm 79:9

Posts from 9/15-20/15

But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
- Bob Goff

 Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
- Thomas Edison

 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
- Hebrews 7:25

 It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.
- Alvin Toffler

 The longer you wait for the future the shorter it will be.
- Author Unknown

 Never, never, never, never give up.
- Winston Churchill

 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Romans 12:21

 To become new means losing what we now call ‘ourselves’. Out of our selves, into Christ, we must go.
- C.S. Lewis

 Make time to accept responsibility. Your life is exactly that – It’s your life. It is created by you. You are constantly making choices, constantly creating new experiences. And although we an be affected by circumstances which can seem to be completely out of our control. Essentially, we decide the direction in which we walk.
- Nicholas Watkins

 The thing always happens that you really believe in and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
- Luke 19:10

 No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
- William Blake

 No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo

 Hope is not a dream, but a way of making dreams become reality.
- L.J. Cardina Suenens

 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- Galatians 2:20

 No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
- Harry Emerson Fosdick

 No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
- Andrew Carnegie

 Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
- Danny Thomas

 If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
- Matthew 18:15

 Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.
- Paul J. Meyer

 We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
- Tobias Wolff

 No pressure, no diamonds.
- Mary Case

 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

 All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 It's no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
- Winston Churchill

 You must listen to your heart and follow it or it will find a million ways to remind you that there is something missing.
- Author Unknown

 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:32

 The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Nelson Mandela

 You're awake, you're awesome. Live like it.
- Kid President

 The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
- Thomas Paine

 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
- 1 Chronicles 16:11

 Beauty is measured by the ability to be yourself, not what the world expects you to be.
- Author Unknown

 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- James 4:7

Posts from 9/9-14/15

We don't laugh because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh.
- William James

 Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, live truly and forgive quickly.
- Paulo Coelho

 It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
- Romans 14:11

 Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
- Miguel de Cervantes

 Our power is in our ability to decide.
- Buckminster Fuller

 In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.
- Friedrich Schlegel

 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Hebrews 13:5

 Whatever you are thinking…THINK BIGGER!
- Tony Hsieh

 My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
- Miles Davis

 To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.
- Robin Sharma

 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
- 1 Peter 1:18-19

 You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
- Zig Ziglar

 In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
- Thomas Carlyle

 By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it and to move irresistibly towards it.
- John F. Kennedy

 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Hebrews 13:8

 The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
- James Allen

 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
- Hebrews 11:6

 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

 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
- Romans 14:8

 It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
- Elbert Hubbard

 Live life to express not to impress.
- Author Unknown

 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.
- Colossians 1:27-28

 You only have control over three things in your life—the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take (your behavior).
- Jack Canfield

 Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
- Samuel Johnson

 It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
- Seneca

 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- James 1:17

 Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle.
- Jon Acuff

Posts from 9/8/15

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
- Martin Luther

 Success of life depends upon keeping one's mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes.
- Alice MacDougall

 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
- Romans 1:20

 He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
- Napoleon

 The road to success for 99% of people isn't a jump, it's a steady incline from one successful project to the next.
- Lee Morris

 Life isn't worth living until you have found something worth dying for.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

 How to succeed? Try hard enough.
- Malcolm Forbes

Posts from 8/3-4/15

A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day.
- Ancient Proverb

 Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
- Will Rogers

 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

 The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place".
- Orison Swett Marden

 My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.
- Thomas Edison

 I can accept failure but I can't accept not trying.
- Michael Jordan

 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

 The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
- Thomas J Watson

 Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best.
- Henry Van Dyke

 The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
- Blaine Lee

 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.
- Ephesians 1:7

 Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.
- Og Mandino

 Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius

 Success doesn’t come to the sleeper.
- German Proverb

 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- 1 John 3:16

Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out for the best.
- Author Unknown

Posts from 7/7-14/15

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
- Dr. Laura Schlessinger

 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
- 1 John 1:9

 A best friend is like a four leaf clover - hard to find, and lucky to have.
- Irish Proverb

 Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
- Ross Perot

Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity.
- Arthur Pine

 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- 1 John 4:15

 When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.
- Ed Macauley

 As long as I'm faced in the right direction, It does not matter the size of my steps.
- Author Unknown

 People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
- George E. Allen

 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
- Philippians 1:29

 Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.
- Norman Schwarzkopf

 Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
- Margaret Mead

 Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
- Henry J Kaiser

 The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
- Victor Hugo

 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
- Romans 1:16

 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:13-14

 I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other.
- Isaiah 45:5-6

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
- Proverbs 20:3

 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Matthew 5:44-45

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

Posts from 7/1-6/15

The only bad thing about keeping on burning your bridges behind you, is that the world is round.
- Author Unknown

 Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become reality.
- Earl Nightingale

 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
- James 1:12

 The only bad thing about keeping on burning your bridges behind you, is that the world is round.
- Author Unknown

 Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.
- Grenville Kleiser

 We all start with all there is. It's how we use it that makes things possible.
- Henry Ford

 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
- Ephesians 6:10-11

 Initial response illustrates a great deal about someone’s personal philosophy.
- Jim Rohn

 If you can't find the key to success, pick the lock.
- Author Unknown

 Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.
- Basil King

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

 You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.
- James Allen

 It’s harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
- Arnold H. Glasow

 The difference between you and everyone else, is everyone else. And that's a lot, so you should feel special.
- Jarod Kintz

 Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 10:24

To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
- Sugar Ray Robinson

 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
- Psalm 145:8-9

 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
- Galatians 5:1

 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

 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.
- Song of Solomon 8:6

Posts from 6/22-30/15

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Proverbs 10:2

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 5:22-23

 Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
- William A. Ward

 Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
- Denis Waitley

 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
- 1 Peter 2:2-3

 Attitude is a reflection of character and character is a reflection of habit.
- Tom Ziglar

 Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to.
- Henry Van Dyke

 Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
- Psalm 105:4

 You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
- Hebrews 11:3

 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
- Matthew 16:26

 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
- John 17:3

 Ask not how far must I walk, instead say I will walk as far is as needed.
- Author Unknown

 Success is not so much what we have, as it is what we are.
- Jim Rohn

 But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:7-8

 Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
- C.S. Lewis

 Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough.
- Zig Ziglar

 You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.
- Jim Stovall

 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
- Proverbs 19:1

 You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
- Warren Buffett

 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
- Matthew 22:37-39

Posts from 6/12-21/15

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
- John 3:36

 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 10:32-33

 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
- Joshua 1:9

 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
- Isaiah 25:1

 He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
- Herman Melville

 Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
- Arthur Christopher Benso

 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- Psalm 139:23-24

 Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
- Spanish Proverb

 Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy.
- St Francis Of Assisi

 Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies within us while we live.
- Norman Cousins

 By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
- Proverbs 13:10

It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.
- Millie Huang

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

 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
- Jeremiah 10:23

 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
- Romans 8:28

 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Psalm 51:10

Posts from 6/3-8/15

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
- Lee Iacocca

 There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.
- Unknown

 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3

 Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
- Spanish Proverb

 Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

 The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
- Henry Ward Beecher

 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
- Proverbs 16:9

 Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
- C.S. Lewis

 If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.
- Jack Dixon

 I hear: I forget. I see: I remember. I do: I understand.
- Chinese Proverb

 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-5

 No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind.
- Napoleon Hill

 The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage
- Peter Senge

 The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
- Vincent T Lombardi

 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 1:13

 The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
- Wallace Wattles

 Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
- Winston Churchill

 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- 1 Corinthians 13: 6-7

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
- Author Unknown

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.
- Wilfred A Peterson

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses...on your powers, instead of your problems.
- Paul J. Meyer

Believe that you will succeed and you will.
- Dale Carnegie

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:16

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Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
- Orison Swett Marden

The only way around is through.
- Robert Frost

Change happens in an instant. It happens the moment you DECIDE to change.
- Allyson Lewis

you can know ten things by learning one.
- Japanese proverb

‘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

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.
- John H Patterson

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
- 2 Timothy 1:7

Posts from 5/29-6/2/15

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
- Acts 20:24

 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:18

 You can never get enough of what you don't really need.
- Eric Hoffer

 If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.
- John Maxwell

 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Matthew 5:43-45

 Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
- Malcolm Cowley

 Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.
- David Bly

 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
- Bruce Lee

 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.
- John 6:27

Posts from 5/20-26/15

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
- Baba Ram Dass

 Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. But when we work for others, our efforts return to bless us.
- Sidney Powell

 But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalm 59:16

 We have to be continually reminded of what we believe.
- C.S. Lewis

 It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
- Lou Holtz

 The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- Psalm 34:10

 So many people can be responsible for your Success, but only you are responsible for your failure.
- Author Unknown

 Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
- Sun Tzu

 Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
- Ralph Vaull Starr

 I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalm 18:1-2

 Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson

 Do you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears?
- Author Unknown

 Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
- Rene Descartes

 Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.
- Anthony Robbins

 Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success.
- Denis Waitley

 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
- Psalm 33:4-5

 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."
- Mark 16:15

 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
- 1 Peter 5:6-7

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

 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Matthew 19:26

Posts from 5/17-19/15

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
- Matthew 16:26

 Happiness is your nature. It's not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

 Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
- Brian Tracy

 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
- Ephesians 4:2

 Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
- Napoleon Hill

 Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
- Charles E Wilson

 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
- Matthew 22:37-39

 It takes a long time to become young.
- Pablo Picasso

 Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives
- William A Foster

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

 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—
- 1 Corinthians 2:9

 Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
- John Wayne

 Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there.
- William Blake

 Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
- Gucci Slogan

 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 2:9

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

5/11-16/15

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.
- Walter Elliot

 Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.
- Henry Charles Bukowski

 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
- James 4:10

 Power is the ability to do good things for others.
- Brooke Astor

 Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make Me Feel Important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
- Mary Kay Ash

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
- Miyamoto Musashi

 One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
- Proverbs 29:23

 Smile, breathe and go slowly.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

 Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
- Robert Schuller

 As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over again the kind of thought we wish to dominate our lives.
- Henry David Thoreau

 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
- John 4:24

 Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
- John Ruskin

 To move the world we must first move ourselves.
- Socrates

 Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
- Henry J Kaiser

 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 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 6:12-13

 Try and fail, but never fail to try.
- Jared Leto

 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
- Matthew 7:13

 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
- Henry Ford

 The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
- Julius Charles Hare

 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
- Mark 9:35

 You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit
- Hugh Nibley

 Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.
- Zig Zigler

 Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
- Anne Frank

 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

 Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.
- Walt Disney

 Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.
- Brian Tracy

 When we are no longer able to change a situation … we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Victor Frankel

You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
- Psalm 86:5

 The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

 Winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
- Sylvester Stallone

 Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Matthew 11:28-30

 If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse.
- Jim Rohn

 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
- Psalm 141:3

Posts from 5/8-10/15

If you love what you are doing, and always put the customer first, success will be yours.
- Ray Kroc

 God helps him who strives hard.
- Euripides

 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
- Matthew 7:7-8

 Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.
- Walter Elliot

 Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps.
- Eileen Caddy

 Positive thinking won't let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
- Zig Ziglar

 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
- Philippians 4:8

 No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities. Always see them, for they are always there.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
- Psalm 108:5

 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”
- Proverbs 31:28-29

Posts from 5/4-7/15

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
- Martin Luther

 I praise loudly; I blame softly.
- Queen Catherine I

 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13

 People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

 In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.
- C. S. Lewis - The Four Loves

 When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.
- Chinese Proverb

 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 1:8

 I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle
- E E Cummings

 Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
- Francis Chan

 It's not about time, it's about choices. How are you spending your choices?
- Beverly Adamo

 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
- Matthew 7:12

 You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
- Lee Iacocca

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

 You have to accept whatever comes and the only thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 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

 If people like you they'll listen to you, but if they trust you they'll do business with you.
- Zig Ziglar

 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
- James 1:2-3

 I know that you can do the impossible.
- Terry Fox

 To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
- Bertrand Russell

 If you think of vision and mission as an organization's head and heart, the values it holds are its soul.
- Buzotta

 Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
- Rene Descardes

 I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
- Jung

 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:7-8

 You've got to win in your mind before you win in your life.
- John Addison

 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
- Matthew 5:14

Posts from 4/29-5/3/15

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli

 Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
- Albert Einstein

 When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
- Psalm 118:5-6

 You don't become enormously successful without encountering some really interesting problems.
- Mark Victor Hansen

 Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
- Bo Jackson

 Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain

 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

 Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
- Maya Angelou

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

 Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises
- Demosthenes

 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
- 1 John 4:20-21

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
- Mother Teresa

 Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
- Booker T. Washington

 I can is 100 times more important than IQ.
- Author Unknown

 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
- Psalm 10:12

 So many fail because they don't get started; they don't go.
- W Clement Stone

 I think in terms of the day’s resolution, not the years.
- Henry Moore

 Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure, the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey.
- Jennifer James

 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Galatians 5:16

 What is once well done is done forever.
- Henry David Thoreau

 The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
- Vince Lombardi

 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
- 1 Peter 4:8

When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.
- Nido Qubein

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
- Francis Bacon

4/27-28/15

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:19-21

 The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
- Dale Carnegie

 Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
- Georg W Hegel

 Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.
- George Washington Carver

 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Micah 6:8

 Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.
- C. JoyBell C.

 Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing there is a solution paves the way to a solution.
- Dr. David Schwartz

 There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
- Anthony Robbins

 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
- 1 Peter 1:15-16

 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

 All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
- Brian Tracy

 Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
- Philippians 2:14-16

 Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
- Benjamin Franklin

Posts from 4/22-16/15

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
- Orison Swett Marden

 Action is the foundational key to all success.
- Anthony Robbins

 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
- Ephesians 5:1-2

 Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- Michael Jordan

 Life is not the way it’s suppose to be, It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
- Virginia Satir

 Challenge yourself with something you know you could never do, and what you'll find is that you can overcome anything.
- Author Unknown

 But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
- Amos 5:24

 Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.
- Brad Henry

 The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
- Vidal Sassoon

 One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
- John Stuart Mill

 Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
- Amos 5:14-15

 The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
- C.G. Jung

 Never underestimate the power of passion.
- Eve Sawyer

 Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
- Voltaire

 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 21:3

 Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
- Pablo Picasso

 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
- Psalm 46:1-3

 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Romans 13:9

 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- James 2:8

4/20-21/15

If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint”, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
- Vincent Van Gogh

 There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
- Denis Waitley

Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
- Isaiah 1:16-17

The man who moved a mountain was the one who began carrying away small stones.
- Chinese Proverb

 We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
- Abraham Maslow

 The miracle is this–the more we share, the more we have.
- Leonard Nimoy

 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
- Romans 12:9-10

 No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.
- C. S. Lewis

 At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
- Steve Maraboli

 The only difference between a success and a failure is that the successful person is willing to do what the failure is not willing to do.
- J.R. Ridinger

 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
- 1 Peter 1:13

 Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse

 They err who thinks Santa Claus comes down through the chimney; he really enters through the heart.
- Mrs. Paul M. Ell

 Leaders recognize that great innovation comes from observing the same ideas as everyone else and seeing something different.
- Reed Markham

 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
- Psalm 103:6

 Do not watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going.
- Sam Levenson

Posts from 4/14-19/15

As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b) It is best to be prepared.
- Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

 The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
- Titus 2:11-12

 Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
- Ronald E. Osborn

 If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.
- Beryl Markham

 It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.
- J.K. Rowling

 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
- Psalm 147:1

 Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.
- John Maxwell

 One finds limits by pushing them.
- Herbert Simon

 Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
- Samuel Butler

 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
- Micah 6:8

 The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
- Baltasar Gracian

 The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
- George Eliot

 Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.
- Toni Morris

 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
- James 4:13-15

 Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
- J P Getty

 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:13-14

 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Jeremiah 29:11

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

 Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
- Hosea 6:1

Posts from 4/8-13/15

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

 No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
- Hosea Ballou

 The curves of your lips rewrite history.
- Oscar Wilde

 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- Psalm 90:12

 Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top.
- J.C. Penny

 It's always too early to quit.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- Beverly Sills

 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
- Amos 5:14

 Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
- Henry Van Dyke

 The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
- Psalm 50:1

 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
- 1 Peter 4:8

 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
- Colossians 2:17

 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
- Romans 8:6-8

Posts from 3/23-24/15

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
- Psalm 46:1-3

 The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas A. Edison

 Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.
- Victoria Holt

 Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
- John 14:1-3

 What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
- Ralph Marston

 You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
- Brian Tracy

 Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.
- Meryl Streep

 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
- Deuteronomy 6:5

 Life is not the way it’s suppose to be, It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
- Virginia Satir

Posts from 3/14-24/15

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 11:28

 The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
- Bertrand Russell

 If you develop the habits of success, you will make success a habit.
- Michael E. Angier

 Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.
- Michael Korda

 Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
- Psalm 80:7

 Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
- Bette Davis

 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
- Psalm 16:1-2

 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

 My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
- Psalm 71:8

 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
- Isaiah 40:30-31

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
- Colossians 1:19-20

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
- Proverbs 25:28

Posts from 3/11-13/15

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
- Edgar Allen Poe

 Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
- Joseph Campbell

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die."
- John 11:25

 Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
- Mary Kay Ash

 Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
- Booker T Washington

 Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than what you have.
- Author Unknown

 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
- Psalm 37:5-6

 Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
- Tom Blandi

 Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.
- Rick Warren

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

 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
- Psalm 103:1-2

 Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after it's said, the MOMENT after it's missed and the TIME after it's gone. Be Careful!
- Author Unknown

 The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
- W. C. Jones

 The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become.
- Heraclitus

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

 I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
- Thomas Jefferson

Posts from 3/9-10/15

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
- Audrey Hepburn

 The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.
- Author Unknown

 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
- John 8:12

 It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
- Claude M. Bristol

 Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
- Jack Canfield

The biggest temptation is to settle for too little.
- Thomas Merton

 Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
- Psalm 27:14

 Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
- Thomas Foxwell Buxton

 Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. How can anyone see how awesome you are if you can't see it yourself?
- Author Unknown

 I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep 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

 What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
- Oprah Winfrey

 If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
- Nora Roberts

 Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
- Thomas Guthrie

 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
- Colossians 1:16

 Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don't have a plan.
- Larry Winget

Posts from 2/1-4/15

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:12-13

 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
- Jeremiah 17:7

 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- 1 Peter 2:15-16

 Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
- Elbert Hubbard

 You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

 Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.
- Edmund Lee

 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- James 1:17

 There are two primary choices in life: To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
- Denis Waitley

 Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

 The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 3:18

 When faced with senseless drama, spiteful criticisms, and misguided opinions, walking away is the best way to stand up for yourself. To respond with anger is an endorsement of their attitude.
- Dodinsky

 Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
- Stephen Covey

 Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.
- Unknown

 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
- John 10:10

 A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
- Fr Jerome Cummings

Posts from 1/22-28/15

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

 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- 1 Peter 2:9

 The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.
- Harold Geneen

 You are not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor should you feel the world must live up to yours.
- F Perl

 Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
- Igor Stravinsky

 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.
- Philippians 1:29

 In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
- Psalm 138:7

 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
- Psalm 55:22

 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
- Psalm 139:23

 Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.
- Nicholas Spark

 Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
- Ella Fitzgerald

 Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
- Marcus Washling

 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6

 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
- Kurt Vonnegut

 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
- Hebrews 11:1

 Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent persperation.
- Thomas Edison

 We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere.
- #CSLewis

 He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
- Ephesians 1:9-10

 
Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.
- Robert Collier

 Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
- Jim Rohn

 Dream the impossible dream.
- Joe Darion

 Desire creates the power.
- Raymond Holliwell