Posts from 9/25-28/15

Do not throw in the towel; use it for wiping the sweat off your face.
- Unknown

 The more we criticize and judge, the less time we have to love and take care of.
- Author Unknown

 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
- Romans 11:33

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
- William Feather

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

 Never spend your money before you have it.
- Thomas Jefferson

 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
- Psalm 27:4

 We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
- C. S. Lewis

 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

 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

 One sound idea is all that you need to achieve success.
- Napoleon Hill

 The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them.
- Denis Waitley

 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
- Hebrews 6:10

 Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
- Les Brown

 The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
- Dale Carnegie

 If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
- E. Joseph Cossman

 The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Posts from 1/15-21/15

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
- Romans 12:9-10

 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9

 When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself.
- Author Unknown

 One step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.
- Scott Reed

 All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
- Brian Tracy

 When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Viktor Frankl

 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
- John 13:34-35

 History has noted that the most notable winners usually encounter heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
- B.C. Forbes

 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

 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16

 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
- 1 Peter 5:8-9

 Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
- Dr. Stephen Covey

 All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
- Orison Swett Marden

 The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
- Brian Tracy

 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
- Philippians 4:13

 Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
- Author Unknown

 I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer

 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C S Lewis

 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
- Ephesians 1:18

 Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
- Harvey Fierstein

 Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness that precedes the dawning of the day of success.
~ Author Unknown

 You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
- Booker T. Washington

 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
- Matthew 5:44

 Action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
- Ayn Rand

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

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 11/25-12/2/13

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

 If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.
- A.P. Gouthey

 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
- Philippians 4:4

 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
- Ephesians 1:18

 The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.
- Zig Ziglar

 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- 1 Peter 2:9

 The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.
- Harold Geneen

 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
- Philippians 4:8

 Action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
- Ayn Rand

 Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
- G.B. Stern

 You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
- Sarah Ban Breathnack

 Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
- Johann W. von Goethe

 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
- Romans 13:1

 Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
- Igor Stravinsky

 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
- Psalm 100:4

 Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.
- Eileen Caddy

 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
- Psalm 94:19

 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
- John 3:16-18

 Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
- Wayne Dyer

 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6


Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
- Ella Fitzgerald

Posts from 11/4-6/13

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
- Psalm 32:7

 Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.
- Ross Perot

 Love is energy of life.
- Robert Browning

 A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
- Ayn Rand

 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
- Romans 12:2

 The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke

 High achievement always takes place in a framework of high expectation.
- Jack Kinder

 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
- 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- Psalm 19:14

 You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.
- Joan Baez

 The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
- Psalm 25:14-15

 Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work.
- Vincent T Lombardi

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
- Michael Jordan


 Love coming out of you makes you happy. The whole world can love you, but that love will not make you happy. What will make you happy is to share all the love you have inside you. That is the love that will make a difference.
- Don Miguel Ruiz

 We will either find a way, or make one.
- Hannibal

 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
- James 2:19

 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F Kennedy

You must believe that God is separate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will.
- C.S. Lewis

 We cannot change life! We can only change the way we live life.
Any moment is the best moment, and any place is the best place.
- Tishan

How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
- 2 Samuel 7:22

 Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard

Posts from 6/3-4/13

But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
- Psalms 94:22

 You will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.
- C.S. Lewis

 The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.
- John E. Southard

 Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.
- Horace Mann

 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
- Hebrews 6:10

 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
- Isaiah 40:30, 31

 Every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.
- Ayn Rand

 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

 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 15:5-6

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

Posts From 4/11-14/13

Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Hebrews 12:2

 Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
- Psalms 119:105

 Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
- Henry Ford

 The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
- Ayn Rand

 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
- Ephesians 1:7

 Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to make more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is in reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
- Margaret Young

 Kites rise against the wind, not with it.
- Winston Churchill

 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

 Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.
- Author Unknown

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
- Philippians 4:6

 For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
- Jimmy Dean

 Victory always starts in the head. It's a state of mind. It then spreads with such radiance and such affirmations that destiny can do nothing but obey.
- Douchan Gersi

 It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
- Vaclav Havel

 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- Galatians 2:20

 Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
- Psalms 119:165

 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
- Psalms 47:7