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
Showing posts with label Buddha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buddha. Show all posts
Friday, August 1, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Posts from 7/12-15/14
In
reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won
was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first.
- Harry S. Truman
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
- Elbert Hubbard
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
- Hebrews 7:25
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
- Leon J. Suenes
Few people get to do what they want to do in life. Be one of them.
- Andy Broer
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours, it cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
- Buddha
Wherever I go, I meet myself.
- Tozan
Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Isaiah 12:4
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
- Psalm 5:11
The first and best victory is to conquer self.
- Plato
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
- Author Unknown
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
- Luke 19:10
First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you.
- Rob Gilbert
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Romans 12:21
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
- African Proverb
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Action expresses priorities.
- Author Unknown
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
- Job 19:25
Do all the good you can, to as many people as you can, as often as you can.
- Author Unknown
- Harry S. Truman
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
- Elbert Hubbard
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
- Hebrews 7:25
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
- Leon J. Suenes
Few people get to do what they want to do in life. Be one of them.
- Andy Broer
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours, it cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
- Buddha
Wherever I go, I meet myself.
- Tozan
Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Isaiah 12:4
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
- Psalm 5:11
The first and best victory is to conquer self.
- Plato
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
- Author Unknown
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
- Luke 19:10
First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you.
- Rob Gilbert
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Romans 12:21
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
- African Proverb
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Action expresses priorities.
- Author Unknown
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
- Job 19:25
Do all the good you can, to as many people as you can, as often as you can.
- Author Unknown
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Posts from 6/1-4/14
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- 1 John 4:10
The optimist see opportunity in every danger, the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.
- Winston Churchill
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- Psalm 103:8
I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole.
- Ann B Davis
Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
- Buddha
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:13
Winning doesn’t always mean being first.
- Bonnie Blair
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.
- Norman Schwarzkopf
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 15:1
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- T.S. Eliot
Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.
- Merle Miller
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 5:22-23
Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
- Henry J Kaiser
But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.
- Luke 18:27
Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your stillness within you. Then the chaotic movement around you will never overshadow your access to the reservoir of creativity, the field of pure potentiality.
- Deepak Chopra
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
- Author Unknown
The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
- Laurence Sterne
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
- 1 Peter 2
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
- Aldous Huxley
- 1 John 4:10
The optimist see opportunity in every danger, the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.
- Winston Churchill
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- Psalm 103:8
I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole.
- Ann B Davis
Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
- Buddha
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:13
Winning doesn’t always mean being first.
- Bonnie Blair
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.
- Norman Schwarzkopf
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 15:1
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- T.S. Eliot
Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.
- Merle Miller
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 5:22-23
Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
- Henry J Kaiser
But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.
- Luke 18:27
Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your stillness within you. Then the chaotic movement around you will never overshadow your access to the reservoir of creativity, the field of pure potentiality.
- Deepak Chopra
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
- Author Unknown
The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
- Laurence Sterne
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
- 1 Peter 2
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
- Aldous Huxley
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Posts from 10/8-9/13
Books, like friends, should be few, and well chosen.
- Samuel Paterson
When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.
- Unknown
Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- John 14:1
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
- Desiderius Erasmus
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
- B C Forbes
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong, because someday in your life, you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
- Philippians 2:3-4
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
- Buddha
You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.
- Harold Geneen
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 17:22
If it is important enough to you, you will find a way. If it is not, you will find an excuse.
- Author Unknown
To strengthen the muscles of your heart, the best exercise is lifting someone else’s spirit whenever you can.
- Dodinsky, Author
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
- Ephesians 4:29
Why are you going to choose failure when success is an option?
- Jillian Michaels
Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- Joel 2:23
We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
- Edward Gibbon
- Samuel Paterson
When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.
- Unknown
Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- John 14:1
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
- Desiderius Erasmus
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
- B C Forbes
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong, because someday in your life, you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
- Philippians 2:3-4
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
- Buddha
You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.
- Harold Geneen
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 17:22
If it is important enough to you, you will find a way. If it is not, you will find an excuse.
- Author Unknown
To strengthen the muscles of your heart, the best exercise is lifting someone else’s spirit whenever you can.
- Dodinsky, Author
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
- Ephesians 4:29
Why are you going to choose failure when success is an option?
- Jillian Michaels
Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- Joel 2:23
We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
- Edward Gibbon
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Posts from 7/27-29/13
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
- Les Brown
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
- Saint Augustine
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
- Buddha
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- Romans 10:13
Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill.
- Zig Ziglar
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
- Romans 12:3
It was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.
- C.S. Lewis
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
- Luke 5:30-32
I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Psalm 142:5
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
- Steve Job
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
- Jeremiah 17:9-10
I never waste time looking back.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
- Walt Disney
- Les Brown
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
- Saint Augustine
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
- Buddha
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- Romans 10:13
Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill.
- Zig Ziglar
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
- Romans 12:3
It was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.
- C.S. Lewis
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
- Luke 5:30-32
I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Psalm 142:5
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
- Steve Job
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
- Jeremiah 17:9-10
I never waste time looking back.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
- Walt Disney
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Posts from 2/18-19/13
We love because he first loved us.
- 1 John 4:19
Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'
- Dr. Robert H. Schuller
Today I choose to live with gratitude for the LOVE that fills my heart,
the PEACE that rests within my spirit
and the voice of HOPE that says all things are possible.
- Unknown
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- 1 Corinthians 13: 6-7
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
- Psalm 32:8
Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause.
- Phillip Gribble
Love . . . [is] a lack of personal selfishness.
- Theodore M. Burton
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
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
- Buddha
Any idea held in the mind that is either feared or revered, will begin at once to clothe itself in the most convenient and appropriate physical forms available.
- Andrew Carnegie
- 1 John 4:19
Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'
- Dr. Robert H. Schuller
Today I choose to live with gratitude for the LOVE that fills my heart,
the PEACE that rests within my spirit
and the voice of HOPE that says all things are possible.
- Unknown
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- 1 Corinthians 13: 6-7
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
- Psalm 32:8
Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause.
- Phillip Gribble
Love . . . [is] a lack of personal selfishness.
- Theodore M. Burton
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
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
- Buddha
Any idea held in the mind that is either feared or revered, will begin at once to clothe itself in the most convenient and appropriate physical forms available.
- Andrew Carnegie
Monday, February 18, 2013
Posts from 2/11-17/13
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
- Proverbs 25:28
The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.
- Oscar Wilde
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
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.
- Jim Rohn
A jug fills drop by drop.
- Buddha
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:14-16
Sometimes it’s better to put love into hugs than to put it into words.
- Author Unknown
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
- Aristotle Onassis
Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.
- Eknath Easwaran
Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
- Miguel Ruiz
Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.
- Nehemiah 4:14b
Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.
- David Bly
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.
- Corrie Ten Boom
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
A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.
- Billy Graham
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
- 1 John 4:18
Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.
- Leo F. Buscaglia
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.
- Proverbs 5:21
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
- Lamentations 3:22, 23
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
- Job 1:21
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
- Earl Nightingale
- Proverbs 25:28
The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.
- Oscar Wilde
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
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.
- Jim Rohn
A jug fills drop by drop.
- Buddha
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:14-16
Sometimes it’s better to put love into hugs than to put it into words.
- Author Unknown
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
- Aristotle Onassis
Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.
- Eknath Easwaran
Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
- Miguel Ruiz
Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.
- Nehemiah 4:14b
Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.
- David Bly
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.
- Corrie Ten Boom
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
A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.
- Billy Graham
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
- 1 John 4:18
Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.
- Leo F. Buscaglia
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.
- Proverbs 5:21
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
- Lamentations 3:22, 23
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
- Job 1:21
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
- Earl Nightingale
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