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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Posts from 3/28-29/14

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


 Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
- Pema Chödrön


 Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


 Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it.
- Jim Rohn


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


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


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

Friday, March 28, 2014

Posts from 3/24-27/14

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:7, 8


 Find the good and praise it.
- Alex Haley


 Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
- Mark Twain


 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
- James 1:5


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


 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


 I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
- Winston Churchill


 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
- Philippians 4:8


 What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
- Nelson Mandela


 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


 Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
- Mother Teresa


 I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.
- Jim Rohn


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


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


 Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox


 Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's just their priorities that do.
- Author Unknown


 He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
- John Milton


 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
- Ephesians 6:12-13


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


 Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


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


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


 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

Monday, March 24, 2014

Posts from 3/17-23/14

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
- B.C. Forbes


 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


 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


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


 There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.
- Ralph H. Blum


 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


 Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.


 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


 If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.
- Robert Quillen


 Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim....Don't worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
- Sherman Finesilver


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


 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


 We have the power within, but the secret of success is to employ our power and talents and be prepared for opportunity when it comes.
- Walter Matthews


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


 Gratitude is the open door to abundance.
- Yogi Bhajan


 Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1000 percent return on energy!
- Brian Tracy


 When life is viewed as good, a bad day is easily absorbed.
- Neil Maxwell


 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


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


 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

Monday, March 17, 2014

Posts from 3/13-16/14

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


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


 The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.
- Eli Khamarov


 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


 Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one.
- Thomas Jones


 But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
- 1 Peter 3:15


 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.
- Colossians 3:23, 24


 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.
- Deuteronomy 10:17

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Posts from 3/10-12/14

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.
- J. Brotherton


 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


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


 You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi


 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- John 8:31-32


 History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
- B.C. Forbes


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


 Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
- Vince Gill


 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


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


 The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.
- Hamilton Wright Mabie


 A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
- Thomas Carlyle


 Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.
- Marcia Wieder


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


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


 Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.
- Alexander Hamilton


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


 Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
- Thomas Jefferson


 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
- Philippians 2:14-16


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

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Posts from 3/1-4/14

We love because he first loved us.
- 1 John 4:19


 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


 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


 The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: "I did not have time.
- Franklin Field


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


Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
- Dale Carnegie


 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


We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
- Kahlil Gibran


 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
- 1 John 4:9


 Failure is success if we learn from it.
- Malcolm Forbes


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


 Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Posts from 2/26-28/14

Your business is never really good or bad "out there", your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.
- Zig Ziglar


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


 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
- Proverbs 17:9


 If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness.
- C.S. Lewis


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


 Judgment comes from experience and great judgment comes from bad experience.
- Bob Packwood


 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


 A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.
- Meher Baba


 Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.
- James Alle


 Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises
- Demosthenes


 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


 A man may fall many times but he won't be a failure until he says someone pushed him.
- Elmer G. Letterman


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


 Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul impossible.
- Michel Eyquem


 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


 Somehow I can't believe there are many heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret can be summarized in four C's. They are: Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy, and the greatest of these is Confidence.
- Walt Disney


 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
- Ephesians 2:4, 5


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


 Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
- Jim Rohn


 If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.
- Neale Donald Walsch


 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


 Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead; sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it is only with yourself.
- Mary Schmich