Posts from 6/22-30/15

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Proverbs 10:2

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 5:22-23

 Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
- William A. Ward

 Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
- Denis Waitley

 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 2:2-3

 Attitude is a reflection of character and character is a reflection of habit.
- Tom Ziglar

 Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to.
- Henry Van Dyke

 Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

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

 You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
- Hebrews 11:3

 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

 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
- John 17:3

 Ask not how far must I walk, instead say I will walk as far is as needed.
- Author Unknown

 Success is not so much what we have, as it is what we are.
- Jim Rohn

 But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:7-8

 Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
- C.S. Lewis

 Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough.
- Zig Ziglar

 You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.
- Jim Stovall

 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
- Proverbs 19:1

 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

 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

Posts from 5/4-7/15

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
- Martin Luther

 I praise loudly; I blame softly.
- Queen Catherine I

 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13

 People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

 In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.
- C. S. Lewis - The Four Loves

 When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.
- Chinese Proverb

 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 1:8

 I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle
- E E Cummings

 Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
- Francis Chan

 It's not about time, it's about choices. How are you spending your choices?
- Beverly Adamo

 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
- Matthew 7:12

 You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
- Lee Iacocca

 With self-discipline most anything is possible.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 You have to accept whatever comes and the only thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:6-7

 If people like you they'll listen to you, but if they trust you they'll do business with you.
- Zig Ziglar

 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
- James 1:2-3

 I know that you can do the impossible.
- Terry Fox

 To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
- Bertrand Russell

 If you think of vision and mission as an organization's head and heart, the values it holds are its soul.
- Buzotta

 Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
- Rene Descardes

 I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
- Jung

 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:7-8

 You've got to win in your mind before you win in your life.
- John Addison

 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
- Matthew 5:14

Posts from 1/22-28/15

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

 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

 You are not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor should you feel the world must live up to yours.
- F Perl

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

 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.
- Philippians 1:29

 In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
- Psalm 138:7

 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
- Psalm 55:22

 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
- Psalm 139:23

 Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.
- Nicholas Spark

 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

 Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
- Marcus Washling

 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

 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
- Kurt Vonnegut

 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
- Hebrews 11:1

 Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent persperation.
- Thomas Edison

 We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere.
- #CSLewis

 He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
- Ephesians 1:9-10

 
Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.
- Robert Collier

 Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
- Jim Rohn

 Dream the impossible dream.
- Joe Darion

 Desire creates the power.
- Raymond Holliwell

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 9/10-13/14

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
- Psalm 16:8

 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
- Psalm 34:8

 Age is not a matter of years. It is a state of mind.
- Robert Collier

 Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.
- Ed Cunningham

 Worry is a misuse of imagination.
- Dan Zadra

 Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It's a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don't have. It's so simple - yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend.
- Bits and Pieces

 If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
- St. Clement of Alexandra

 Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
- Voltaire

 Don't let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.
- Kimberly Jones

 God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
- C.S. Lewis

 The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.
- Horace Bushnell

 The moment where you doubt whether you can fly, you seas for ever being able to do it.
- Peter Pan

 The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
- Psalm 139:1-4

 The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
- E E Cummings

 Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
- Isaiah 46:4

Posts from 8/3-6/14

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
- Mark 12:30

 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
- James 3:17-18

 If customers are treated right, they'll come back.
- J Marriott Junior

 Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can't be done.
- Benjamin Morrell

 You don't need a reason to help people.
- Author Unknown

 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Galatians 5:13-14

 What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.
- Bruce Barton

 Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
- C.S. Lewis 

 Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes.
- Jim Rohn



Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
- Romans 12:10

 If you are not willing, that’s okay. Don’t judge yourself. Just be aware that you are choosing to stay where you are.
- John Robson

 The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.
- J. Paul Getty

 If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
- Author Unknown

 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
- Romans 15:2

 One half of life is luck; the other half is discipline -- and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with luck.
- Carl Zuckmeyer

 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
- 1 Samuel 16:7

 The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible.
- Arthur C Clarke

 The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you seek.
- Celestine Chua

 We are what we repeatedly do.Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle

 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
- James 1:19

 It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
- Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

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 2/26-28/14

Your business is never really good or bad "out there", your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.
- Zig Ziglar

 Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
- Bo Jackson

 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
- Proverbs 17:9

 If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness.
- C.S. Lewis

 Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
- John D Rockefeller

 Judgment comes from experience and great judgment comes from bad experience.
- Bob Packwood

 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
- 1 Peter 1:13

 A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.
- Meher Baba

 Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.
- James Alle

 Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises
- Demosthenes

 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

 A man may fall many times but he won't be a failure until he says someone pushed him.
- Elmer G. Letterman

 I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
- Stephen Covey

 Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul impossible.
- Michel Eyquem

 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
- Ephesians 5:1-2

 Somehow I can't believe there are many heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret can be summarized in four C's. They are: Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy, and the greatest of these is Confidence.
- Walt Disney

 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
- Ephesians 2:4, 5

So many fail because they don't get started; they don't go.
- W Clement Stone

 Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
- Jim Rohn

 If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.
- Neale Donald Walsch

 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

 Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead; sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it is only with yourself.
- Mary Schmich

Posts from 2/18/14

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

 Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- Michael Jordan

 You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
- Jerry West

 Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in; aim at Earth and you will get neither.
- C.S. Lewis

 Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.
- Orison Swett Marden

Posts from 1/28-29/14

You can't change the past, and you can ruin a perfectly good present, by worrying about the future.
- The Daily Guru

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

Nothing can seem extraordinary until you have discovered what is ordinary.
- C.S. Lewis

 So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
- Matthew 7:12

 Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
- John 8:12

 The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts you perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.
- Dr. Robert Holden

 I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.
- Goldie Hawn

 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
- James 1:2, 3

 The most important question to ask on the job is not "what am I getting?" The most important question to ask is "what am I becoming?"
- Jim Rohn

 The customer is never wrong.
- Cesar Ritz

 Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

 I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 10:14-15

 Whatever you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.
- Bernard Baruch

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 11/7-11/13

Never mistake activity for achievement.
- John Wooden

 It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
- Arnold Toynbee

 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
- Matthew 6:33

 If you are called to be a sweet sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

 Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work.
- David Grayson

 The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential -- these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
- Eddie Robinson

 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
- Psalm 27:14

 Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
- Steve Jobs

 We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.
- Mary Kay Ash

 Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it.
- C.S. Lewis

 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.
- Psalm 119:147, 148

 I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal
- Curtis Carlson

 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Psalm 37:14

 Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.
- Bruce Barton

 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
- Psalm 51:12

 Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
- James R. Cook

 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
- Matthew 7:13

 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
- Galatians 5:14
 
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

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 10/14-16/13

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
- Psalm 34:5

 In business, when things aren't working it's time to mix it up.
- Donald Trump



If you are right with Him you will inevitably be right with all your fellow-creatures.
- C.S. Lewis

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
- Psalm 34:7

 You cannot change what you refuse to confront.
- Unknown

 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
- Hebrews 10:35-36

 Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
- Frank Clark

 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- 1 John 2:1

 Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
- Dale Carnegie

 Believe in yourself, never give up and go about your business with passion drive and enthusiasm.
- Peter Jones

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 young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- Psalm 34:10

 Unless a man undertakes more than he can possibly do, he will never do all that he can.
- Henry Drummond

All of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.
- Steve Ballmer

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine

 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- Hebrews 10:20-31

 Aim for the highest.
- Andrew Carnegie

Posts from 10/10-13/13

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
- Richard Branson

 The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
- B.B. King

 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
- Romans 6:13

 It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
- Diogenes

 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14

 Life is a choice.
- Author Unknown

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
- Romans 15:7

 Nothing is so much fun as business. I do not expect to do anything but work as long as I can stand up.
- William Wrigley Jnr

 I was not born to be free- I was born to adore and obey.
- C.S. Lewis

 A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
- Jackie Robinson

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

 The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.
- John Hancock

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
- Robert Schuller

 Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets
- Henry Ford

 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
- Romans 5:3-4

 How long should you try? Until.
- Jim Rohn

 I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Psalm 34:1

 Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.
- Sri Chinmoy

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

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

Posts from 10/2/13

A life without cause is a life without effect.
- Barbarella

 Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart.
- Unknown

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Jeremiah 29:11

 Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be part of.
- Geri Weitzman

 The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
- Theodore Roosevelt

To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being.
- Sir John Lubbock

 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Psalm 121:1-2

 The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable.
- C.S. Lewis

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 9/17/13

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
- Sir Walter Scott

 In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.
- C.S. Lewis

 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.
- John 13:34

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.
- Judith McNaught

 Make yourself necessary to somebody.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
- Sir Walter Scott

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 3:28

 I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.
- Albert Einstein