Posts from 10/17-20/15

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”
- Mark 9:23

 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

 You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
- Nancy D. Solomon

 To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
- Samuel Johnson

 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
- Luke 11:13

 A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspired the power and energy to get it done.
- Ralph Lauren

 To do two things at once is to do neither.
- Publilius Syrus

 The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
Richard Bach

 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
- Luke 15:7

 People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- Confucius

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

 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 3:20

 You can’t fail if you don’t quit. You can’t succeed if you don’t start.
- Michael Hyatt

 Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.
- Nido Qubein

 When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
- Confucius

 The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.
- William Boetcker

 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
- Romans 12:1

 Just think of any negativity that comes at you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Posts from 8/18-21/14

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
- John 6:35

 No dream comes true until you wake up and go to work.
- Anonymous

 Know yourself and you will win all battles.
- Sun Tzu

 Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature nor do the children of man as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
- Helen Keller

 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
- Habakkuk 3:19

 The secret of success is hidden in your daily routine.
- Jody Victor

 A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
- Desiderius Erasmus

 Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
- Tyron Edwards

 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Matthew 7:13-14

 You'll never make it to the next level by holding on to the first.
- Rod St.Hilaire

 To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Marilyn Vos Savant

 Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
- Albert Einstein

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
- Mark 8:36

 The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
- Cecil B. DeMille

 Make education a continuing, never-ending process.
- Nido Qubein

 Follow your heart and your dreams will come true.
- Anonymous

 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
- Colossians 3:13

 The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you are willing to work. It is called massive action. Action is the gas in the tank. Without you, the car will not run.
- Marcy Blochowiak

 The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
- Elizabeth Taylor

 There is only one success -- to spend your life in your own way.
- Christopher Morley

 Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
- Psalm 46:10

 Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
- Thomas H. Huxley

Posts from 3/1-4/14

We love because he first loved us.
- 1 John 4:19

 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

 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
- Matthew 22:37-39

 The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: "I did not have time.
- Franklin Field

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

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
- Dale Carnegie

 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
- 1 Peter 1:15-16

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
- Kahlil Gibran

 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

 Failure is success if we learn from it.
- Malcolm Forbes

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

 Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

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 6/24-25/13

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
- Romans 12:19

 I will say this about being an optimist: Even when things don't turn out well, you are certain they will get better.
- Frank Hughes

 When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
- Byron Katie

 None of us is as smart as all of us.
- Japanese Proverb

 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11

 Failures are part of life.
If you don't fail, you don't learn.
If you don't learn, you'll never change.
- Unknown

 The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
- Anthony Robbins

 Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.
- Nido Qubein

 Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
- 1 John 3:18

 Luck is believing you're lucky.
- Tennessee Williams

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.
- Katherine Paterson

 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11

 Real wealth equals ideas plus energy.
- Buckminster Fuller

 You are free to believe what you choose and what you do attests to what you believe.
- A Course of Miracles

Posts from 1/11/2013

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
- Lamentations 3:22-23

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

 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:19-21

 You have to accept whatever comes and the only thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 Set some goals, then demolish them!
- Unknown

 When placed in command - take charge.
- Norman Schwarzkopf