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If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint”, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
- Vincent Van Gogh

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

Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
- Isaiah 1:16-17

The man who moved a mountain was the one who began carrying away small stones.
- Chinese Proverb

 We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
- Abraham Maslow

 The miracle is this–the more we share, the more we have.
- Leonard Nimoy

 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

 No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.
- C. S. Lewis

 At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
- Steve Maraboli

 The only difference between a success and a failure is that the successful person is willing to do what the failure is not willing to do.
- J.R. Ridinger

 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

 Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse

 They err who thinks Santa Claus comes down through the chimney; he really enters through the heart.
- Mrs. Paul M. Ell

 Leaders recognize that great innovation comes from observing the same ideas as everyone else and seeing something different.
- Reed Markham

 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
- Psalm 103:6

 Do not watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going.
- Sam Levenson

Posts from 2/15-17/14

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- Philippians 1:21

 You are not in the universe, you ARE the universe.
- Eckhart Tolle

 My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
- Bob Hope

 We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
- Abraham Maslow

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

 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25-27

 People, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
- Walter Savage Landor

 To find what you seek in the road of life,
the best proverb of all is that which says:
“Leave no stone unturned.”
- Edward Bulwer Lytton

 Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
- Josephus Daniels

 Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse

 Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself.
- Author Unknown

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

 Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
- Wendell Johnson

 If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive.
- Zig Ziglar

 The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
- Orison Swett Marden

In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome.
- William James

When a man or woman does not know what harbor he or she is making for, no wind is the right wind.
- Seneca

Posts from 1/4/2013

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
- Ephesians 6:13

 Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse

 Everyone can have a luxury life. It's a state of mind. It's not necessarily about having the biggest house. It's about living life to the fullest.
- Paul Miklas

 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
- John 16:33

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