Posts from 7/1-6/15

The only bad thing about keeping on burning your bridges behind you, is that the world is round.
- Author Unknown

 Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become reality.
- Earl Nightingale

 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
- James 1:12

 The only bad thing about keeping on burning your bridges behind you, is that the world is round.
- Author Unknown

 Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.
- Grenville Kleiser

 We all start with all there is. It's how we use it that makes things possible.
- Henry Ford

 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
- Ephesians 6:10-11

 Initial response illustrates a great deal about someone’s personal philosophy.
- Jim Rohn

 If you can't find the key to success, pick the lock.
- Author Unknown

 Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.
- Basil King

 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:23

 You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.
- James Allen

 It’s harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
- Arnold H. Glasow

 The difference between you and everyone else, is everyone else. And that's a lot, so you should feel special.
- Jarod Kintz

 Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 10:24

To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
- Sugar Ray Robinson

 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
- Psalm 145:8-9

 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
- Galatians 5:1

 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
- 1 John 4:16-17

 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.
- Song of Solomon 8:6

5/11-16/15

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.
- Walter Elliot

 Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.
- Henry Charles Bukowski

 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
- James 4:10

 Power is the ability to do good things for others.
- Brooke Astor

 Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make Me Feel Important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
- Mary Kay Ash

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
- Miyamoto Musashi

 One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
- Proverbs 29:23

 Smile, breathe and go slowly.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

 Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
- Robert Schuller

 As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over again the kind of thought we wish to dominate our lives.
- Henry David Thoreau

 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
- John 4:24

 Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
- John Ruskin

 To move the world we must first move ourselves.
- Socrates

 Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
- Henry J Kaiser

 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 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 6:12-13

 Try and fail, but never fail to try.
- Jared Leto

 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

 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
- Henry Ford

 The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
- Julius Charles Hare

 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

 You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit
- Hugh Nibley

 Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.
- Zig Zigler

 Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
- Anne Frank

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
- John 11:25-26

 Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.
- Walt Disney

 Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.
- Brian Tracy

 When we are no longer able to change a situation … we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Victor Frankel

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

 The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

 Winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
- Sylvester Stallone

 Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Matthew 11:28-30

 If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse.
- Jim Rohn

 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
- Psalm 141:3

Posts from 1/1-10/15

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17

 Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
- John 14:1-3

 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
- John 16:33

 Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
- Leo Tolstoy

 The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
- Denis Waitley

 Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 15:23

 Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
- Henry Ford

 Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.
- Les Brown

 The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in.
- Morrie Schwartz

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

 Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
- Danny Thomas

 Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
- Saul Bellow

 Inside of you is a smart, powerful, dynamic, capable, self-confident, alive, alert, fabulous woman. Let her come out and play. The world is waiting for you.
- Louise Hay

 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

 One man with courage is a majority.
- Andrew Jackson

 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

 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
- Psalm 3:3

 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17

 When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you.
- Author Unknown

 Consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing
- Bart Conner

 As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world… as in being able to remake ourselves.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
- John 15:5

 There isn't anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour

For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
- Hebrews 3:4

12/4-6/14

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.
- Thomas Carlyle

 A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
- Henry Ford

 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1 Peter 1:3

 No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
- J P Getty

 Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
- Mario Andretti

 The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
- Nolan Bushnell

 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
- Matthew 7:3-5

 
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
- Thomas Hardy

 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1

 Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.
- Sir Claus Moser

 Everything you need comes to you in perfect time, space and sequence.
- Louise Hay

 Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
- Paul J. Meyer

 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
- 1 John 2:15-17

 Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
- Stephen Covey

 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
- 2 Peter 3:10

Posts from 11/23-30/14

Be someone that makes you happy.
- Author Unknown

 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 10:30-31

 You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
- Abraham Lincoln

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

 Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
- Les Brown

 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

 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

 Over every mountain is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
- Theodore Roethke

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

 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14

 Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.
- Warren Buffett

 You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.
- Richard Branson

 It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
- Zig Ziglar

 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
- 1 John 4:16-17

 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

 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
- Psalm 84:11

 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
- Psalm 100:4

 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
- Colossians 3:15

 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- Colossians 3:17

 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11

Posts from 4/25-29/14

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

 There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.
- Alexander Woollcott

 The most effective way to do it is to do it.
- Amelia Earhart

 A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 8:38-39

 The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
- Thomas J Peters

 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.
- John 10:28-30

 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- Hebrews 12:14

 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
- 1 John 4:11, 12

 Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you greater than any obstacle.
- Christian D. Larson

 The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
- Steve Jobs

 Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.
- John C. Maxwell

 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
- Proverbs 17:9

 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed
- Henry Ford

 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
- 1 John 3:18

 When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
- Wayne Dyer

 Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
- Author Unknown

 The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.
- Debbie Fields

 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Romans 13:9-10

 Everything that occurs in your life is part of God's plan to wake you up.
- Leonard Jacobson

Posts from 2/2-3/14

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
- Galatians 5:1

 Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do, when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do, when you want to do them.
- Zig Ziglar

 I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
- Psalm 34:4, 5

 Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
- Mary Kay Ash

 We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.
- Carlos Castaneda

 There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
- Henry Ford

 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.
- Deuteronomy 18:15

 When you have nothing left but God, you become aware that God is enough.
- Guideposts

Posts from 11/12-13/13

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1

 Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
- John Dewey

 Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
- Brian Tracy

 Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
- Publilius Syrus

 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 15:23

 Don’t be like me. Be better than me. That’s the goal.
- Michael Jordan

 Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
- Henry Ford

 Don't go through life, grow through life.
- Eric Butterworth

 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

 Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it's not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan

 Nothing is always absolutely so.
- Theodore Sturgeon

 Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
- Zig Ziglar

 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Galatians 6:2

 Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

Posts from 10/21-23/13

Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they're on the same side.
- Zig Ziglar

 A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
- Henry Ford

 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
- John 6:28, 29

 If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
- Erica Jong

 No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
- J P Getty

 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
- John 3:20-21

 All great achievements require time.
- Maya Angelou

 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
- Philippians 1:9-10

 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C.S. Lewis

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
- Psalm 34:17

 Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.
- Larry Winget

 It is not joy that makes us grateful. It is gratitude that makes us joyful.
- David Rast

 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- Matthew 5:11-12

 There are three things that you should spend you time doing: Marketing, marketing, marketing.
- Emma Harrison

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

 If you wait, all that happens is you get older.
- Larry McMurtry

Rules! Hell, there are no rules here...we're trying to accomplish something.
- Thomas Edison

 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
- Romans 8:6

 What helps people, helps business.
- Leo Burnett

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
- Crowfoot

Money never prevented anyone from being happy or unhappy.
- Eddie Barclay

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
- Proverbs 29:25

 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy

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 8/18-19/13

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!
- Psalm 31:16

 has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
- Henry Ford

 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:14

To be low means to be raised: all good masters are servants: God washes the feet of men.
- C.S. Lewis

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
- Psalm 119:93

 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. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
- Matthew 7:13, 14

 Your life doesn’t get better by chance. It gets better by choice.
- Author Unknown

 A man is what he thinks about all day long.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 5:14, 16

 Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
- Jim Rohn

 A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- Mark Twain

Posts from 8/14-17/13

You have a clean slate every day you wake up. You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it. Decide today’s the day. Say it: this is going to be my day.
- Brendon Burchard

 Love what you have. Need what you want. Accept what you receive. Give what you can. Always remember, what goes around, comes around…
- Author Unknown

 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
- Psalm 84:11

 The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
- Elbert Hubbard

 I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.
- Henry Ford

 Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
- Psalm 112:5

 Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
- Nido Qubein

 Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
- Andrew Jackson

 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
- Psalm 119:60

 When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.
- Bernard Meltzer

 Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
- Luke 12:7

 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

 Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
- Ray Kroc

 The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
- Hebrews 11:1

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 17:17

 Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.
- J.P. Morgan

 Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
- William Makepeace Thackeray 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
- Hebrews 12:1

 Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
- Author Unknown

Posts from 7/18-19/13

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
- George Eliot

 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalm 73:25, 26

 A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.
- Henry Ford

 Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
- Washington Irving

 Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
- Albert Einstein

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
- Herodotus

 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Ephesians 5:25-26

 We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
- Carlos Castaneda

 Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?
- Mark 8:36, 37

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

 Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
- Maxwell Maltz

 I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou

 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalm 91:1

Posts from 6/26/13

Do you value life? Then waste not time, for that is the stuff of which life is made.
- Brian Tracy

 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 18:2

 Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
- Thomas Jefferson

 The price of excellence is discipline.
The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
- William Arthur Ward

 So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
- Ephesians 3:17-19

 When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
- Dakota proverb

 It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in so doing you bring everything to the realm of possibility.
- Albert Einstein

 It is observed that successful people get ahead in the time that other people waste.
- Henry Ford

Posts from 5/14/13

Miracles never cease to amaze me. I expect them, but their consistent arrival is always delightful to experience.
- Mark Victor Hansen

 Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
- Henry Ford

 But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him"
- 1 Corinthians 2:9

 May you live every day of your life.
- Jonathan Swift

 There is nothing permanent except change.
- Heraclitus

 Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In the enlightened state, you still use your thinking mind when needed, but in a much more focused and effective way than before.
- Eckhart Tolle

 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:6-7

Posts From 4/11-14/13

Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Hebrews 12:2

 Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
- Psalms 119:105

 Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
- Henry Ford

 The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
- Ayn Rand

 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
- Ephesians 1:7

 Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to make 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 in 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

 Kites rise against the wind, not with it.
- Winston Churchill

 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

 Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.
- Author Unknown

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
- Philippians 4:6

 For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
- Jimmy Dean

 Victory always starts in the head. It's a state of mind. It then spreads with such radiance and such affirmations that destiny can do nothing but obey.
- Douchan Gersi

 It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
- Vaclav Havel

 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- Galatians 2:20

 Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
- Psalms 119:165

 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
- Psalms 47:7

Posts from 4/8-9/13

As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
- Psalms 42:1

 The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body - to feel it at all times. This will rapidly deepen and transform your life. The more consciousness you direct into the inner body, the higher its vibrational frequency becomes
- Eckhart Tolle

 Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.
- Marilyn Ferguson

 Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius

 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
- Isaiah 53:3-4

 Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.
- Henry Ford

 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
- Psalms 139:7, 8

 When you're taking care of the customer, you can never do too much. And there is no wrong way... if it comes from the heart.
- Debbie Fields

 Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.
- Sally Koch

 Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!
- Matthew 20:17-19

Posts from 3/21-24/13

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

 Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
- Ross Perot

 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 27:1

 Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
- Ross Perot

 More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.
- Harold J. Smith

 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

 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
- 2 Timothy 1:9

 People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
- George E. Allen

 Success is just outside of your comfort zone.
- Unknown

 The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
- Psalms 28:7

We all start with all there is. It's how we use it that makes things possible.
- Henry Ford

 Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
- Oprah Winfrey

 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
- 1 Peter 3:15

 You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.
- James Allen

 You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden

 You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
- Lewis B. Smedes

 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
- Deuteronomy 7:9

 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
- Psalms 37:5, 6

 Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.
- Mario Fernandez

 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Zechariah 9:9

Posts from 2/22-25/13

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
- Galatians 6:9

 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
- Colossians 3:23-24

 And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 36:23

 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed
- Henry Ford

 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Proverbs 18:24

 The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
- Thomas J Peters

 It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
- Melody Beattie

Posts from 1/18-20/2013

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- Galatians 6:9

 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
- Henry Ford

 Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.
- David McKay

 Know that the Lord , he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Psalms 100:3

 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 10:11

 Power is the ability to do good things for others.
- Brooke Astor