Posts from 5/17-19/15

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
- Matthew 16:26

 Happiness is your nature. It's not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

 Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
- Brian Tracy

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

 Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
- Napoleon Hill

 Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
- Charles E Wilson

 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
- Matthew 22:37-39

 It takes a long time to become young.
- Pablo Picasso

 Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives
- William A Foster

 There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.
- Colin Powell

 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—
- 1 Corinthians 2:9

 Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
- John Wayne

 Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there.
- William Blake

 Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
- Gucci Slogan

 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 2:9

 We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
- Maya Angelou

4/27-28/15

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:19-21

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

 Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
- Georg W Hegel

 Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.
- George Washington Carver

 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Micah 6:8

 Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.
- C. JoyBell C.

 Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing there is a solution paves the way to a solution.
- Dr. David Schwartz

 There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
- Anthony Robbins

 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
- 1 Peter 1:15-16

 Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

 All successful 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

 Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
- Philippians 2:14-16

 Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
- Benjamin Franklin

Posts from 3/23-24/15

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
- Psalm 46:1-3

 The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas A. Edison

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

 Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
- John 14:1-3

 What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
- Ralph Marston

 You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
- Brian Tracy

 Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.
- Meryl Streep

 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
- Deuteronomy 6:5

 Life is not the way it’s suppose to be, It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
- Virginia Satir

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 8/7-10/14

The only way to know how customers see your business is to look at it through their eyes
- Daniel R Scroggin

 Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
- Erich Fromm

 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
- John 3:17

 You'll never leave where you are until you decide where you'd rather be.
- Author Unknown

 Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steadily gains in strength. At first it may be but as the spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.
- Tyron Edwards

 The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.
- Winston Churchill

 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
- Psalm 105:4

 My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don’t get right.
- T.H. Huxley

 There are those who SEE an opportunity. And then there are those who SEIZE an opportunity.
- Joanie Warren

 The time is always right to do what is right.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Acts 20:24

 We need men who can dream of things that never were.
- John F Kennedy

 Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I shall have the belief that I can do it. I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
- Luke 6:41-42

 Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.
- Brian Tracy

 Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it—the Lord is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
- Jeremiah 33:2-3

 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:19-21

Posts From 8/1-2/14

Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.
- Brian Tracy

 Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart.
- Myla Kabat-Zinn

 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

 Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
- Vince Lombardi

 You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.
- Lee Iacocca

 Attitude is everything.
- Phillip Crosby

 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

 Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
- Zig Ziglar

 Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else.
- Wayne Dyer

 In school you get the lesson and then take the test... In life you take the test and then get the lesson.
- Unknown Source

 I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate.
- George Burns

 Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Anonymous

 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

 The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.
- Dr. Lou Holtz

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
- Thomas Dewar

 We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons inspiration or desperation.
- Jim Rohn

 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
- Joshua 1:9

 The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
- Plutarch

Posts from 7/29-31/14

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.
- Max Eastman

 It's not the work that's hard, it's the discipline.
- Anonymous

 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well
- Psalm 139:13-14

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

 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

 Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
- Doug Firebaugh

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
- Psalm 91:1-2

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

 Go after your dream, no matter how unattainable others think it is.
- Linda Mastandrea

 The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.
- Denis Waitley

 The more you obey your conscience, the more your conscience will demand of you.
- C.S. Lewis

 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
- Ecclesiastes 11:5

 All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."
- Abraham Lincoln 

 The meaning of life is to give life a meaning.
- Author Unknown

 Your greatest resource is your time.
- Brian Tracy

 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
- Psalm 51:1-2

 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
- Deuteronomy 6:5

 When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.
- Bernard Meltzer

 I believe that everything happens for a reason... and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe

 The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Zephaniah 3:17

 Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
- Buddha

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 6/9-10/14

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11

 The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
- Chinese proverb

 A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet.
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

 Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
- Barbara de Angelis

 The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place".
- Orison Swett Marden

 Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, I’ll try again tomorrow.
- Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey

 The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
- William James

 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

 To understand is to forgive, even one self.
- Alexander Chase
 
Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.
- Brian Tracy

 The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
- Thomas J Watson

 Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.
- Jim Rohn

 You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures.
- Charles Noble

Posts from 4/15-21/14

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Hebrews 13:5

 There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
- Logan Pearsall

 The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
- John Burroughs

 Successful people save in prosperous times so they have a financial cushion in times of recession.
- Brian Tracy

 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3

 The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
- Vincent T Lombardi

 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

 You'll be surprised to know how far you can go from the point where you thought it was the end.
- Author Unknown

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-5

 

 Happiness is a direction, not a place.
- Sydney J. Harris

 

 Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.
- Wilfred A Peterson

 

 There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
- Lady Blessington

 

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

 

 If you cannot save money, then the seeds of greatness are not in you.
- Brian Tracy

 

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
- John 11:25, 26

 

 I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
- George Patton

 

 Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
- Orison Swett Marden

 

 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:16

 

 Don't say, 'If I could, I would.' Say, 'If I can, I will.'
- Jim Rohn

 

 The price of success must be paid in full...in advance.
- Brian Tracy

 

 Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
- Arnold Glascow

 

 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

 

 Cheerfulness is what greases the axles of the world. Don't go through life creaking.
- H.W. Byles

 

 If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
- Lucy Larcom

 

 Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
- Jim Rohn

 

 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
- Mark 15:37-39

 

 Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
- Booker T Washington

 

 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

 

 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.
- Matthew 28:2-6

 

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
- 2 Timothy 2:22

Posts from 4/11-14/14

But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
- Luke 6:27, 28

 The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
- Henry Ward Beecher

 Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have 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 the 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

 Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
- Psalm 97:10

 Million dollar ideas are a dime a dozen. The determination to see the idea through is what's priceless.
- Robert Dieffenbach

 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
- Ephesians 1:7

 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15

 Money is hard to earn and easy to lose. Guard yours with care.
- Brian Tracy

 It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost His crucifixion.
- C.S. Lewis

 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Matthew 5:43-45

 The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage
- Peter Senge

Posts from 4/9-10/14

Step through new doors. The majority of the time there’s something fantastic on the other side.
- Author Unknown

 I’m beginning to think that maybe it’s not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you’re with them.
- Macon Leary

 Your wealth can only grow to the extent that you do.
- T. Harv Eker

 The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
- Lee Iacocca

 The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
- James Openheim

 Everything that you will ever need to accomplish, any goal that you will ever set is sitting and waiting patiently inside of you.
- Author Unknown

 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
- Psalm 3:3

 Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor.
- Brian Tracy

Posts from 3/24-27/14

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:7, 8

 Find the good and praise it.
- Alex Haley

 Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
- Mark Twain

 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
- James 1:5

 Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.
- Brian Tracy

 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

 I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
- Winston Churchill

 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
- Philippians 4:8

 What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
- Nelson Mandela

 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
- James 1:12

 Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
- Mother Teresa

 I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.
- Jim Rohn

 Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
- James 4:10

 Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

 Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's just their priorities that do.
- Author Unknown

 He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
- John Milton

 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
- Ephesians 6:12-13

 Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
- Charles E Wilson

 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:23

 Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives
- William A Foster

Posts from 11/20/13

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

 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
- Luke 15:7

 Nightmares don't last.
- C.S. Lewis, Letters to an American Lad

 When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
- Confucius

 Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
- Doug Firebaugh

 There's not a lot you can do about the national economy, but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.
- Zig Ziglar

 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

 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

Posts from 11/16-19/13

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
- Hebrews 13:6

 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
- Mark 8:34

 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
- Romans 14:8

 Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
- Emil Zatopek

 We were born to succeed, not to fail.
- Henry David Thoreau

 Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

 Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Matthew 11:28-30

 If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale

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

 It's not about having the skill to do something. It's about having the will, desire and commitment to be your best.
- Robert Hernandez

 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Romans 12:1

 The only way around is through.
- Robert Frost

Posts from 11/12-13/13

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1

 Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
- John Dewey

 Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
- Brian Tracy

 Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
- Publilius Syrus

 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 15:23

 Don’t be like me. Be better than me. That’s the goal.
- Michael Jordan

 Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
- Henry Ford

 Don't go through life, grow through life.
- Eric Butterworth

 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
- Matthew 16:26

 Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it's not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan

 Nothing is always absolutely so.
- Theodore Sturgeon

 Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
- Zig Ziglar

 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Galatians 6:2

 Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

Posts from 9/30/13

Thus says the Lord : “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord."
- Jeremiah 17:5

 Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
- Brian Tracy

 He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
- Cesare Pavese

 I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
- Jack Canfield

 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- Psalm 143:10

Posts from 8/1-4/13

Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- Psalm 144:1, 2

 Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
- Mother Teresa

 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Matthew 24:35

 Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

 As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
- Psalm 18:30

 It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
- Confucius

 The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller

 No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
- Luke 8:16, 17

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

 It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.
- Mae Jemison

 I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.
- Psalm 138:2

 It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
- Al Batt

 Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.
- Dalai Lama

 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
- Ephesians 3:20-21

 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
- Psalm 145:8, 9

 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
- Proverbs 12:15

Posts from 7/25-26/13

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

 Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.
- Ovid

 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
- 1 Peter 3:3, 4

 The shortest answer is doing.
- Lord Herbert

 The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw

 A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
- Christopher Reeve

 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
- 2 Peter 3:9

 Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
- Walter Anderson

 Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.
- Dalai Lama

 People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.
- Brian Tracy

 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
- Psalm 140:4

If you open your heart, love opens your mind.
- Charles John Quarto

 Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
- Powel Davies

 The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
- Psalm 138:8

Posts from 7/23/13

The true measure of a man is not the number of servants he has, but the number of men he serves.
- Arnold Glasgow

 Three Simple Rules In Life
1. If you do not GO after what you want, you’ll never have it.
2. If you do not ASK, the answer will always be NO.
3. If you do not step forward,
you will always be in the same place. 

 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.
- James 1:22, 23

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

Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 23:24

 Perseverance is a great element of success.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He that can have patience can have what he will.
- Benjamin Franklin