Posts from 9/9-14/15

We don't laugh because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh.
- William James

 Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, live truly and forgive quickly.
- Paulo Coelho

 It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
- Romans 14:11

 Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
- Miguel de Cervantes

 Our power is in our ability to decide.
- Buckminster Fuller

 In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.
- Friedrich Schlegel

 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

 Whatever you are thinking…THINK BIGGER!
- Tony Hsieh

 My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
- Miles Davis

 To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.
- Robin Sharma

 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
- 1 Peter 1:18-19

 You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
- Zig Ziglar

 In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
- Thomas Carlyle

 By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it and to move irresistibly towards it.
- John F. Kennedy

 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Hebrews 13:8

 The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
- James Allen

 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
- Hebrews 11:6

 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

 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

 It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
- Elbert Hubbard

 Live life to express not to impress.
- Author Unknown

 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.
- Colossians 1:27-28

 You only have control over three things in your life—the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take (your behavior).
- Jack Canfield

 Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
- Samuel Johnson

 It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
- Seneca

 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- James 1:17

 Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle.
- Jon Acuff

Posts from 2/1-4/15

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:12-13

 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
- Jeremiah 17:7

 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- 1 Peter 2:15-16

 Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
- Elbert Hubbard

 You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

 Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.
- Edmund Lee

 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- James 1:17

 There are two primary choices in life: To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
- Denis Waitley

 Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

 The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 3:18

 When faced with senseless drama, spiteful criticisms, and misguided opinions, walking away is the best way to stand up for yourself. To respond with anger is an endorsement of their attitude.
- Dodinsky

 Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
- Stephen Covey

 Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.
- Unknown

 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
- John 10:10

 A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
- Fr Jerome Cummings

Posts from 10/21-26/14

When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
- Psalm 94:18-19

 Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.
- Author Unknown

 A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
- Elbert Hubbard

 Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
- Herman Cain

 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalm 42:8

 One of the greatest things in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You’re the one who’ll decide what you want to be.
- Jaime Escalante

 If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
- Buddhist Proverb

 Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
- Baltasar Gracian

 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11

 Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
- Henry David Thoreau

 Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln

 The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?
- Larry Flynt

 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
- Psalm 116:1-2

 The best dreams happen when you're awake.
- Author Unknown

 When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- Confucious

 I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
- Abraham Lincoln

 Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
- Psalm 119:165

 Success is ninety-nine percent failure.
- Soichiro Honda

 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.
- Anonymous

 Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.
- C.S. Lewis 

 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
- John 6:29

 Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
- William Penn

 Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.
- Charles Luckman

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

 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

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

 An unexamined life is not worth living.
- Socrates

 If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
- Latin Proverb

 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 22:6

 Success is the maximum utilisation of the ability that you have.
- Zig Ziglar

 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is.
- Proverbs 15:23

 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- Proverbs 9:10

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

Posts from 4/30-5/4/14

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
- Luke 19:10

 The noblest search is the search for excellence.
- Lyndon Johnson

 There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose.
- Elbert Hubbard

 To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.
- Gautama Buddha

 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
- Matthew 7:24, 25

 Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
- Abraham Lincoln

 The only limits are, as always, those of vision.
- James Broughton

 Life is beautiful if you flow with its natural beauty. Resistance makes it ugly.
- Terri Guillemets

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
- Job 19:25

 The wishbone will never replace the backbone.
- Will Henry

 Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible.
- Charles Dickens

 I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.
- Confucius

 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
- 1 John 4:18

 One of the saddest lines in the world is, 'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.
- Richard Nelson Bolles

 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

May the 4th be with you!

Posts from 4/29-30/13

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- Psalms 121:1, 2

 The thing always happens that you really believe in and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

 Do not give any time to your past, you can’t change what happened 5 minutes ago.
- Jan Ruhe

 Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
- William A. Ward

 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

 In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
- Thomas Carlyle

 My vision of the world which comes most naturally to me is one in which “we happy few” stand together against something stronger and larger.
- C.S. Lewis

 Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.
- William Feather

 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

 Anger is the fluid that love bleeds when it gets cut.
- C.S. Lewis

 It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
- Elbert Hubbard

 The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are.
- Thomas Dreier

 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
- Romans 1:20

 If you think you can your probably right, if you think you can't, your probably right,
- C.S. Lewis