Posts from 9/25-30/14

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

 What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 You have to find happiness in yourself before you can find it with someone.
- Anonymous

 When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
- Mary Kay Ash

 Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
- Psalm 112:5

 Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming.
- Alice Walker

 The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
- Roald Dahl

 There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make happiness.
- Sir John Buchan

 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
- Psalm 119:60

 It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
- Franklin D Roosevelt

 Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year’s time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.
- Andre Maurois

 One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
- Bryant H. McGill

 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
- Proverbs 20:1

 Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie

 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

 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
- Revelation 1:8

 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
- Proverbs 15:16

 Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
- Ambrose Redmoon

 One who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
- Anonymous

 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
- Hebrews 11:1

 Children see magic because they look for it.
- Christopher Moore

 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
- James 3:16

 Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
- Lord Chesterfield

 If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals.
- Robert Conklin

 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:14

 The feeling of being 'offended' is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues.
- Bryant H. McGill