Posts from 7/28-31/14

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

 The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
- James M. Barrie

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

 Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.
- Mortimer B Zuckerman

 We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
- Eric Hoffer

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

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
- Psalm 33:12

 The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.
- Author Unknown

 It’s about getting up one more time than we fall down.
- Arianna Huffington

 A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
- John Barrymore

 In that day you will say: Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Isaiah 12:4

 Patience serves as a protection against wrong as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you.
- Leonardo Da Vinci

 Every business is built on friendship.
- J C Penney

 Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson

 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.
- Matthew 22:37-38

 Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that are always there.
- Susanne K. Langer

 It is easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out of date.
- Roger Von Oech

 Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
- John Stossel

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

 The proverb warns that “You should not bite the hand that feeds you.” But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.
- Thomas Szasz
 
 We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
- Author Unknown

 Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
- Sam Ewig

 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
- Romans 12:4-5

 Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them ~~ every day begin the task anew.
- Saint Francis de Sales

 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
- Isaiah 26:3

Posts from 3/30-4/2/14

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 3:3, 4

 You can't let other people tell you who you are. You have to decide that for yourself.
- Author Unknown

 Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak. Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.
- The Daily Guru

 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.
- Mark 9:35

 To reach a port, we must sail—Sail, not tie at anchor—Sail, not drift.
- Franklin Roosevelt

 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
- Revelation 3:20

 I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
- Larry Bird

 The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
- Ben Stein

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

 Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.
- Anthony Robbins

 For “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24, 25

 The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

 Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.
- Abraham Lincoln

 I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
- John D. Rockefeller

 You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
- Psalm 86:5

 Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
- Ralph Vaull Starr