Posts from 9/24-25/13

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
- Isaiah 40:28

 Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
- Plato

 You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person.
- Scott Sorrell

 We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives. Some lessons are painful, some are painless. But, all are priceless.
- Unknown

 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
- 2 Timothy 1:13-14

 In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
- Charles Buxton

 Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
- C.S. Lewis

 Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W Clement Stone

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
- Proverbs 16:16

 In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining who we are.
- Max DePree

 I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
- Charles Dickens

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

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
- Matthew 28:18-20

 Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.
- Charlotte Bronte

Posts from 3/21-24/13

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

 Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
- Ross Perot

 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 27:1

 Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
- Ross Perot

 More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.
- Harold J. Smith

 You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
- Warren Buffett

 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
- 2 Timothy 1:9

 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 E. Allen

 Success is just outside of your comfort zone.
- Unknown

 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.
- Psalms 28:7

We all start with all there is. It's how we use it that makes things possible.
- Henry Ford

 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

 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
- 1 Peter 3:15

 You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.
- James Allen

 You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden

 You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
- Lewis B. Smedes

 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
- Deuteronomy 7:9

 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
- Psalms 37:5, 6

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

 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Zechariah 9:9