Posts from 5/29-6/2/15

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
- Acts 20:24

 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:18

 You can never get enough of what you don't really need.
- Eric Hoffer

 If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.
- John Maxwell

 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Matthew 5:43-45

 Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
- Malcolm Cowley

 Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.
- David Bly

 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
- Bruce Lee

 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.
- John 6:27

Posts from 4/14-19/15

As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b) It is best to be prepared.
- Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

 The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
- Titus 2:11-12

 Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
- Ronald E. Osborn

 If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.
- Beryl Markham

 It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.
- J.K. Rowling

 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
- Psalm 147:1

 Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.
- John Maxwell

 One finds limits by pushing them.
- Herbert Simon

 Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
- Samuel Butler

 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
- Micah 6:8

 The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
- Baltasar Gracian

 The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
- George Eliot

 Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.
- Toni Morris

 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
- James 4:13-15

 Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
- J P Getty

 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

 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Jeremiah 29:11

 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
- Philippians 4:4

 Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
- Hosea 6:1

Posts from 8/26-28/13

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
- Proverbs 15:16

 If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
- Jim Rohn

 It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
- Barbara Sher

 Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still.
- Author Unknown

 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
- Psalm 149:4

 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
- 1 Timothy 6:12

 Be not simply good; be good for something.
- Henry David Thoreau

 To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
- Jim Rohn

 If you are always dwelling in trouble, change your address.
- American Proverb

 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- Luke 12:6-7

 If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
- John Maxwell

 An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
- Lao Tzu

 The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.
- Jim Rohn

 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
- Proverbs 16:9

 Set small goals for yourself and meet them. You are responsible to take care of yourself.
- Author Unknown

 The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
- Thomas Carlyle

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
- Psalm 46:1

 A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
- Arnold Glasgow

 The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
- Jim Rohn

Posts from 1/30-2/1/2013

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58

 Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success.
- Denis Waitley

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
- Seneca

 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

 The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
- Robert H. Schuller

 Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
- Tacitus

 It is a mistake to think that moving fast is the same as actually going somewhere.
- Steve Goodier

 One must have strategies to execute dreams.
- Azim Premji

 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13

 It always seems impossible until it's done.
- Nelson Mandela

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

 Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?"
- Brian Tracy

 If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.
- John Maxwell

 There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.
- Oprah Winfrey

 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
- 2 Samuel 22:4