Posts from 12/3-4/13

Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
- Psalm 31:23, 24

 In times like these it is good to remember that there have always been times like these.
- Paul Harvey

 Sometimes people are beautiful, not in looks, not in what they say, just in what they are.
- Markus Zusak

 A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
- David Brinkley

 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

 Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation.
- Jack Nicklaus

 The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.
- Psalm 37:23, 24

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

 The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.
- Henry Miller

 Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own.
- Robert Tew

 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
- 1 Timothy 2:1-2

 Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.
- Zig Ziglar

Posts from 11/25-12/2/13

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

 If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.
- A.P. Gouthey

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

 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
- Ephesians 1:18

 The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.
- Zig Ziglar

 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

 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

 Action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
- Ayn Rand

 Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
- G.B. Stern

 You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
- Sarah Ban Breathnack

 Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
- Johann W. von Goethe

 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
- Romans 13:1

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

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

 Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.
- Eileen Caddy

 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
- Psalm 94:19

 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
- John 3:16-18

 Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
- Wayne Dyer

 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


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

Posts from 11/21-24/13

But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Luke 6:27

 You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
- Michael Phelps

 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
- Romans 14:3

 In life you are either a passenger or a pilot, it's your choice.
- Author Unknown

 The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
- Plutarch

 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis

 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
- 1 Peter 5:8-9

 We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future.
- Steve Maraboli

 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
- Zephaniah 3:17

Posts from 11/20/13

All successful people 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

 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

 Nightmares don't last.
- C.S. Lewis, Letters to an American Lad

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

 Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
- Doug Firebaugh

 There's not a lot you can do about the national economy, but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.
- Zig Ziglar

 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9

 All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
- Orison Swett Marden

Posts from 11/16-19/13

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
- Hebrews 13:6

 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
- Mark 8:34

 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

 Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
- Emil Zatopek

 We were born to succeed, not to fail.
- Henry David Thoreau

 Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

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

 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 paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’
- Brian Tracy

 It's not about having the skill to do something. It's about having the will, desire and commitment to be your best.
- Robert Hernandez

 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Romans 12:1

 The only way around is through.
- Robert Frost

Posts from 11/12-13/13

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

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

 Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
- Brian Tracy

 Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
- Publilius Syrus

 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 15:23

 Don’t be like me. Be better than me. That’s the goal.
- Michael Jordan

 Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
- Henry Ford

 Don't go through life, grow through life.
- Eric Butterworth

 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

 Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it's not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan

 Nothing is always absolutely so.
- Theodore Sturgeon

 Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
- Zig Ziglar

 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Galatians 6:2

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

Posts from 11/7-11/13

Never mistake activity for achievement.
- John Wooden

 It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
- Arnold Toynbee

 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
- Matthew 6:33

 If you are called to be a sweet sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

 Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work.
- David Grayson

 The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential -- these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
- Eddie Robinson

 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
- Psalm 27:14

 Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
- Steve Jobs

 We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.
- Mary Kay Ash

 Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it.
- C.S. Lewis

 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.
- Psalm 119:147, 148

 I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal
- Curtis Carlson

 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Psalm 37:14

 Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.
- Bruce Barton

 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
- Psalm 51:12

 Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
- James R. Cook

 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

 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
- Galatians 5:14
 
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

Posts from 11/4-6/13

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
- Psalm 32:7

 Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.
- Ross Perot

 Love is energy of life.
- Robert Browning

 A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
- Ayn Rand

 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
- Romans 12:2

 The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke

 High achievement always takes place in a framework of high expectation.
- Jack Kinder

 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
- 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

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

 You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.
- Joan Baez

 The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
- Psalm 25:14-15

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

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
- Michael Jordan


 Love coming out of you makes you happy. The whole world can love you, but that love will not make you happy. What will make you happy is to share all the love you have inside you. That is the love that will make a difference.
- Don Miguel Ruiz

 We will either find a way, or make one.
- Hannibal

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

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

You must believe that God is separate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will.
- C.S. Lewis

 We cannot change life! We can only change the way we live life.
Any moment is the best moment, and any place is the best place.
- Tishan

How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
- 2 Samuel 7:22

 Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard

Posts from 10/31-11/3/13

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
- Thomas Edison

 As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John F. Kennedy

 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

 There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
- Logan Pearsall Smith

 The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
- Marcel Proust

 Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
- Vincent Van Gogh

 Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
- Psalm 62:1

 Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
- Oprah Winfrey

 Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you.
- Mary Kay Ash

 It’s always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It’s over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It’s always worked for me.
- Merv Griffin

 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
- Ephesians 6:10

 You've got to be before you can do, and do before you can have.
- Zig Ziglar

 If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.
- Anthony Robbins
 
If you're only willing to do what is easy, life will be hard. If you're willing to do what is hard, life will be easy.
- Bishop Eddie L. Long

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

 Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
- Ephesians 6:11

Posts from 9/29-30/13

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

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
- Anais Nin

 Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
- Oprah Winfrey

 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

 Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

 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

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

 

 It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power so that a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

 

 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

 

 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
- Ephesians 5:15, 16

 

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

 

 The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
- Napoleon Hill

 

 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

 

 Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
- Proverbs 19:20-21

 

 Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!
- Christian D. Larson

Posts from 10/24-28/13

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13

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

 Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.
- Scottie Pippen

 It's time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever -- the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.
- Vince Lombardi

 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

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

 The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
- Michelangelo

 I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than it be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
 - Jack London

 The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
- Nahum 1:7

 For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.
- Clarence E. Hodges

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

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

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

 Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it lit.
- Mary Lou Retton

 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
- Psalm 34:18

 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
- Psalm 34:19, 20

 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3, 4

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

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

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

It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.
- Jim Rohn

Posts from 10/21-23/13

Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they're on the same side.
- Zig Ziglar

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

 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
- John 6:28, 29

 If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
- Erica Jong

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

 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
- John 3:20-21

 All great achievements require time.
- Maya Angelou

 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
- Philippians 1:9-10

 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C.S. Lewis

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
- Psalm 34:17

 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

 It is not joy that makes us grateful. It is gratitude that makes us joyful.
- David Rast

 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

 There are three things that you should spend you time doing: Marketing, marketing, marketing.
- Emma Harrison

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

 If you wait, all that happens is you get older.
- Larry McMurtry

Rules! Hell, there are no rules here...we're trying to accomplish something.
- Thomas Edison

 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
- Romans 8:6

 What helps people, helps business.
- Leo Burnett

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
- Crowfoot

Money never prevented anyone from being happy or unhappy.
- Eddie Barclay

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

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

Posts from 10/17-20/13

What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
- Psalm 34:12, 13

 Anything I've done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death.
- Betty Bender

 Decide what you want. Decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities. Then go to work.
- H.L. Hunt

 Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
- Thomas J Watson

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- Psalm 34:14

 Aim for the highest.
- Andrew Carnegie

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

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Matthew 6:33
 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20

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

Posts from 10/14-16/13

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
- Psalm 34:5

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



If you are right with Him you will inevitably be right with all your fellow-creatures.
- C.S. Lewis

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
- Psalm 34:7

 You cannot change what you refuse to confront.
- Unknown

 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
- Hebrews 10:35-36

 Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
- Frank Clark

 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- 1 John 2:1

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

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

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

 Unless a man undertakes more than he can possibly do, he will never do all that he can.
- Henry Drummond

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

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

 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 10:20-31

 Aim for the highest.
- Andrew Carnegie

Posts from 10/10-13/13

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

 The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
- B.B. King

 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
- Romans 6:13

 It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
- Diogenes

 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

 Life is a choice.
- Author Unknown

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
- Romans 15:7

 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

 I was not born to be free- I was born to adore and obey.
- C.S. Lewis

 A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
- Jackie Robinson

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
- Philippians 4:13

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

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
- Robert Schuller

 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

 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

 How long should you try? Until.
- Jim Rohn

 I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Psalm 34:1

 Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.
- Sri Chinmoy

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

 Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
- Zig Ziglar

Posts from 10/8-9/13

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

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.
- Unknown

Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- John 14:1

 A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
- Desiderius Erasmus

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

 How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong, because someday in your life, you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver

 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

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
- Buddha

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

 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 17:22

 If it is important enough to you, you will find a way. If it is not, you will find an excuse.
- Author Unknown

 To strengthen the muscles of your heart, the best exercise is lifting someone else’s spirit whenever you can.
- Dodinsky, Author

 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

 Why are you going to choose failure when success is an option?
- Jillian Michaels

 Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- Joel 2:23

 We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
- Edward Gibbon

Posts from 10/3-7/13

We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.
- C. JoyBell C

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything.
- John Wooden

 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- Matthew 5:43, 44

 You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
- Charles Buxton

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

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

 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
- 1 Peter 3:8

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.
- Ray Bradbury

 I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
- Booker T. Washington

 Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
- Confucius

 “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.
- Matthew 6:19, 20

 To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
- Abraham Lincoln

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

 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 Allen, American Football Coach

 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
- Philippians 2:1-2

 Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of being.
- John Wooden

 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. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
- Romans 1:16, 17

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

 Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
- Tom Stoppard

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

 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
- Psalm 23:6

 Faith is daring to put your dream to the test. It is better to try to do something and fail than to try to do nothing and succeed.
- Robert H. Schuller

 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

 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

 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

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
- Benjamin Franklin