Posts from 4/29-5/3/15

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli

 Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
- Albert Einstein

 When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
- Psalm 118:5-6

 You don't become enormously successful without encountering some really interesting problems.
- Mark Victor Hansen

 Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
- Bo Jackson

 Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain

 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Hebrews 4:12

 Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
- Maya Angelou

 Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
- John D Rockefeller

 Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises
- Demosthenes

 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
- 1 John 4:20-21

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
- Mother Teresa

 Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
- Booker T. Washington

 I can is 100 times more important than IQ.
- Author Unknown

 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
- Psalm 10:12

 So many fail because they don't get started; they don't go.
- W Clement Stone

 I think in terms of the day’s resolution, not the years.
- Henry Moore

 Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure, the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey.
- Jennifer James

 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Galatians 5:16

 What is once well done is done forever.
- Henry David Thoreau

 The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
- Vince Lombardi

 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
- 1 Peter 4:8

When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.
- Nido Qubein

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
- Francis Bacon

4/3-8/14

On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
- Psalm 62:7

 Don't look for your dreams to come true; look to become true to your dreams.
- Michael Beckwith

 Everyone has naturally the power of excelling in some one thing.
- Proverb

 The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.
- Barry Neil Kaufman

 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—
- 1 Corinthians 2:9

 You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.
- Mark Victor Hansen

 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

 We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity.
- Walter E. Cole

 But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalm 59:16

 Take responsibility for yourself.., because no one's going to take responsibility for you.
- Tyra Banks

 The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
- Thomas Edison

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

 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

 The brick walls aren't there to keep us out, the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
- Randy Pausch

 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
- Proverbs 18:10

 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:8

 If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
- Thomas Edison

 Don't get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny.
- Kathryn Carpenter

 I find that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works.
- Louise Hay

 Improvement begins with I.
- Arnold H. Glasgow

 For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
- Psalm 33:4-5

 Many a one has succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat, he would never have known any great victory.
- Orison Swett Marden

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

 Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
- Frank Tyger

 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 53:5, 6

 Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
- Rumi

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 2/7-10/13

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
- 1 John 4:9

 F. L. Y.
First Love Yourself
Others will come next!
- Unknown

 Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.
- Michael Leboeuf

 Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.
- Proverbs 21:21

 Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses...on your powers, instead of your problems.
- Paul J. Meyer

 Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me.
- Unknown

 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

 Sometimes, we just need to be amazed by the small things.
- Angela Pacheco

 Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
- Proverbs 30:5

 Thoughts and ideas are the source of all wealth, success, material gain, all great discoveries, inventions and achievement.
- Mark Victor Hansen

 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
- Psalms 19:1

 Enlightenment is not about imagining figures of light but of making the darkness conscious.
- C.G. Jung

Posts from 1/8/2013

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

 Creativity is to think more efficiently.
- Pierre Reverdy

 You don't become enormously successful without encountering some really interesting problems.
- Mark Victor Hansen
 
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

 Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
- Bill Cosby

 Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure, the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey.
- Jennifer James

 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

Anytime you blame others and complain about your situation, you are choosing to be a victim. By playing the victim role you are putting yourself in an ineffective and weak position. It is virtually impossible to allow incredible miracles to enter your life when you choose to remain in this negative mental state.
- Sonia Ricotti

 Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
- Francis Bacon