Posts from 7/7-14/15

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
- Dr. Laura Schlessinger

 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
- 1 John 1:9

 A best friend is like a four leaf clover - hard to find, and lucky to have.
- Irish Proverb

 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

Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity.
- Arthur Pine

 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- 1 John 4:15

 When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.
- Ed Macauley

 As long as I'm faced in the right direction, It does not matter the size of my steps.
- Author Unknown

 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

 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
- Philippians 1:29

 Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.
- Norman Schwarzkopf

 Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
- Margaret Mead

 Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
- Henry J Kaiser

 The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
- Victor Hugo

 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
- Romans 1:16

 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:13-14

 I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other.
- Isaiah 45:5-6

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
- Proverbs 20:3

 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Matthew 5:44-45

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

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 6/1-4/14

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- 1 John 4:10

 The optimist see opportunity in every danger, the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.
- Winston Churchill

 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- Psalm 103:8

 I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole.
- Ann B Davis

Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
- Buddha

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:13

Winning doesn’t always mean being first.
- Bonnie Blair

 Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.
- Norman Schwarzkopf

 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 15:1

 Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau

 Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- T.S. Eliot

 Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.
- Merle Miller

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

 Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
- Henry J Kaiser

 But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.
- Luke 18:27

 Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your stillness within you. Then the chaotic movement around you will never overshadow your access to the reservoir of creativity, the field of pure potentiality.
- Deepak Chopra

 To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
- Author Unknown

 The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
- Laurence Sterne

 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

 Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
- Aldous Huxley

Posts from 3/17-23/14

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
- B.C. Forbes

 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

 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

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

 There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.
- Ralph H. Blum

 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
- Romans 8:28

 Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 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

 If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.
- Robert Quillen

 Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim....Don't worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
- Sherman Finesilver

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

 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
- Psalm 16:1, 2

 We have the power within, but the secret of success is to employ our power and talents and be prepared for opportunity when it comes.
- Walter Matthews

 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalm 23:4

 Gratitude is the open door to abundance.
- Yogi Bhajan

 Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1000 percent return on energy!
- Brian Tracy

 When life is viewed as good, a bad day is easily absorbed.
- Neil Maxwell

 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
- Romans 1:16

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

 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
- 1 Peter 5:6, 7

Posts From 4/1/13

To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all - but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing.
- Abraham Lincoln

 Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
- Henry J Kaiser

 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
- James 1:19, 20

 Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit
- W. Clement Stone

 I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
- Rosa Parks

 Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.
- Francis Gray

 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- Ephesians 6:10-11

 Success is like a ladder and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.
- Zig Ziglar

Posts from 1/23/2013

May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you.
- Numbers 6:24-25

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

 By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
- Confucius

 You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
- Bette Davis

 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:7-8

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

 Start wide, expand further, and never look back."
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

 Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there.
- William Blake