Posts from 4/29-30/13

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.
- Psalms 121:1, 2

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

 Do not give any time to your past, you can’t change what happened 5 minutes ago.
- Jan Ruhe

 Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
- William A. Ward

 "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

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

 My vision of the world which comes most naturally to me is one in which “we happy few” stand together against something stronger and larger.
- C.S. Lewis

 Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.
- William Feather

 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
- Deuteronomy 31:6

 Anger is the fluid that love bleeds when it gets cut.
- C.S. Lewis

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

 The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are.
- Thomas Dreier

 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

 If you think you can your probably right, if you think you can't, your probably right,
- C.S. Lewis

Posts from 4/25-28/13

The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.
- C.S. Lewis

 How to succeed? Try hard enough.
- Malcolm Forbes

 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it"—when you have it with you.
- Proverbs 3:27, 28

 There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
- Edith Wharton

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

 Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
- Denis Waitley

 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
- Romans 10:9-10

 Mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people.
- C. S. Lewis

 I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it.
- William DeMille

 Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.
- Muhammad Ali

 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58

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

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

Jesus Christ was either a liar, a lunatic, or He was who He said He was.
- C.S.Lewis

 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

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

 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
- Psalms 60:12

Posts from 4/24/13

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

 There was a time when you asked questions because you wanted answers & were glad when you had found them. Become that child again: even now.
- C.S. Lewis

 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?
- 1 Corinthians 15:55

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

 Say Yes to Life. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
- Henry James

 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

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

Posts from 4/22-23/13

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
- John 15:4

 You are up and you are happy. You are down and you are sad. All ups and downs help you to find a balance in your being. This is what life is all about. Once balanced, no more ups and downs, but bliss and joy and silence and gratitude.
- Tishan

 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

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

 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalms 56:4

 It is simply no good trying to keep any thrill.... Let [it] go...and you will find you are living in a world of new thrills all the time.
- C.S. Lewis

 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 truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
- Norman Schwarzkopf

 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
- Romans 13:8

 Celebrate what you want to see more of.
- Tom Peters

Posts from 4/17/13

Someday I hope to enjoy enough of what the world calls success so that someone will ask me, What's the secret of it? I shall say simply this: I get up when I fall down.
- Paul Harve

 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

 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

 We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
- Joseph Campbell

 Never confuse movement with action.
- Ernest Hemingway

 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
- 1 Peter 2:24

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

Posts from 1/30-2/1/2013

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58

 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

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
- Seneca

 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

 The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
- Robert H. Schuller

 Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
- Tacitus

 It is a mistake to think that moving fast is the same as actually going somewhere.
- Steve Goodier

 One must have strategies to execute dreams.
- Azim Premji

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

 It always seems impossible until it's done.
- Nelson Mandela

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

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

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

 There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.
- Oprah Winfrey

 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
- 2 Samuel 22:4