Posts from 7/27-28/14

Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can’t.
- Napoleon Hill

 The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays

 If we don't discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.
- William Feather

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

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

 When you attain the control of the internal direction of your attention, you will no longer stand in shallow water but will launch out into the deep of life.
- Neville Goddard

 Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
- William James

 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
- Psalm 145:18-19

 Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.
- Brian Tracy

Posts from 7/23-26/14

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 8:1-2

 When you believe you can...you can
- Maxwell Maltz

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

 Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
- Salvador Dalí

 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17

 Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long, stretch of gray cement. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves how to make room for them, to love them, and to live, really live.
- Anna Quindlen

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

 All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.
- Dale Carnegie

 One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
- Levi Strauss

 Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your own permission.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
- Isaiah 33:2

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

 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

 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

Posts from 7/20-22/14

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
- Isaiah 40:8

 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13

 No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.
- Irvin Himmel

 If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
- Napoleon Hill

 Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
- Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:6-7

 Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.
- Betty Smith

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

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

 There are blessings every day. Find them. Create them. Treasure them.
- Author Unknown

 Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.
- Author Unknown

 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
- Colossians 4:5-6

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

Posts from 7/12-15/14

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first.
- Harry S. Truman

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

 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

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

Few people get to do what they want to do in life. Be one of them.
- Andy Broer

 It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours, it cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
- Buddha

 Wherever I go, I meet myself.
- Tozan

 Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Isaiah 12:4

 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
- Psalm 5:11

 The first and best victory is to conquer self.
- Plato

 The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
- Author Unknown

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

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

 First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you.
- Rob Gilbert

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

 If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
- African Proverb

 When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

 Action expresses priorities.
- Author Unknown

 I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
- Job 19:25

 Do all the good you can, to as many people as you can, as often as you can.
- Author Unknown

Posts from 7/9-11/14

Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
- Romans 14:10-12

 Luck is largely a matter of paying attention.
- Susan M. Dodd

 Never give up. Never ever give up. Why? Because just when you are about to give up is when things are about to turn around in a grand way. Hold on. Great things are waiting for you around the corner.
- Sonia Ricotti

 Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it.
- Mila Bron

 What one approves, another scorns,
And thus his nature each discloses:
You find the rosebush full of thorns,
I find the thornbush full of roses.
- Arthur Guiterman

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

 When you truly believe in what you are doing, it shows. And it pays. Winners in life are those who are excited about where they're going.
- Author Unknown

 How to succeed? Try hard enough.
- Malcolm Forbes

 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

 The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
- Scott Hamilton

 Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.
- Oprah Winfrey

 A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
- Chinese Proverb

 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25-27

 Fill your mind with truth, your heart with love, your life with service.
- Author Unknown

 You can out distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.
- Rwandan Proverb

 We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle

 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

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

 A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.
- Mencius

 Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
- Henry Ward Beecher

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

 Making mistakes is something everyone does. Learning from them is not.
- Author Unknown

Posts from 7/7-8/14

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
- Euripides

 Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?
- Ian Wallace

 Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.
- Niccolo Machiavelli

 Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
- Victor Frankl

 You have a clean slate every day you wake up. You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it. Decide today’s the day. Say it; this is going to be my day.
- Brendon Burchard

 Could. Should. Will. Until.
- Jim Rohn

 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

 Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.
- Christiane Northrup, M.D.

 Dream your dreams with your eyes closed, but live your dreams with your eyes open.
- Author Unknown

 To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
- Kahlil Gibran

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

 When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others.
- Zig Ziglar

Posts from 7/1-6/14

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
- Wayne Gretzky

 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
- Romans 13:8

 Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
- Mother Teresa

 Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
- Albert Einstein

 What you get by reaching your destination isn't nearly as important as what you become by reaching your goals - what you will become is the winner you were born to be!
- Zig Ziglar

 I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.
- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
- William Penn

 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
- 1 John 3:11

 If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
- Anatole France

 If you want to fly, you have to give up the stuff that weighs you down.
- Author Unknown

 Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.
- Horace

 What you do matters, but why you do it matters so much more.
- Author Unknown

 Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.
- Mario Fernandez

 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
- Psalm 33:12

 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