Posts from 6/25-28/14

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
- John 14:6

 We have no need to teach pure motives to the mind. All that is necessary to make the mind pure is to undo the negative conditioning to which it has been subjected; then we will be left with pure, unconditioned awareness.
- Eknath Easwaran

 Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.
- Lady Bird Johnson

 If you can't do great big things, do great little things.
- Author Unknown

 Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be.
- Jimmy Johnson

 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

 Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.
- Steven Pressfield

 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.
- Psalm 18:2

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

 Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find somebody's hand and squeeze it, while there's time.
- Dale Dauten

 God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.
- C.S. Lewis 

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
- Jim Rohn

 May your life preach more loudly than your lips.
- William Ellery Channing

 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- Psalm 121:1, 2

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

 Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

 A thousand disappointments in the past cannot equal the power of one positive action right now.
- Author Unknown

 Of all the "attitudes" we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.
- Zig Ziglar

 Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
- Bill Gates

 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
- 1 Peter 2:24

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 3/28-29/13

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
- Albert Einstein
 
Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
- Bill Gates

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

 I can accept failure but I can't accept not trying.
- Michael Jordan

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

 Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Gerard Way

 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
- Colossians 3:12

 You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can't have it.
- Robert Anthony

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

 Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.
- Richard Bach

 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
- Mark 15:33-39

 Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
- Esther Lederer - (Better known as Ann Landers)

 You will never win if you never begin.
- Robert Schuller

 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

 Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's when you've had everything to do and you've done it.
- Margaret Thatcher

 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