Posts from 8/3-4/15

A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day.
- Ancient Proverb

 Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
- Will Rogers

 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

 The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place".
- Orison Swett Marden

 My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.
- Thomas Edison

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

 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

 The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
- Thomas J Watson

 Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best.
- Henry Van Dyke

 The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
- Blaine Lee

 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.
- Ephesians 1:7

 Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.
- Og Mandino

 Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius

 Success doesn’t come to the sleeper.
- German Proverb

 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- 1 John 3:16

Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out for the best.
- Author Unknown

Posts from 4/22-16/15

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
- Orison Swett Marden

 Action is the foundational key to all success.
- Anthony Robbins

 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
- Ephesians 5:1-2

 Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- Michael Jordan

 Life is not the way it’s suppose to be, It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
- Virginia Satir

 Challenge yourself with something you know you could never do, and what you'll find is that you can overcome anything.
- Author Unknown

 But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
- Amos 5:24

 Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.
- Brad Henry

 The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
- Vidal Sassoon

 One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
- John Stuart Mill

 Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
- Amos 5:14-15

 The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
- C.G. Jung

 Never underestimate the power of passion.
- Eve Sawyer

 Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
- Voltaire

 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 21:3

 Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
- Pablo Picasso

 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
- Psalm 46:1-3

 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Romans 13:9

 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- James 2:8

Posts from 1/15-21/15

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

 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9

 When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself.
- Author Unknown

 One step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.
- Scott Reed

 All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
- Brian Tracy

 When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Viktor Frankl

 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
- John 13:34-35

 History has noted that the most notable winners usually encounter heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
- B.C. Forbes

 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

 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16

 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
- 1 Peter 5:8-9

 Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
- Dr. Stephen Covey

 All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
- Orison Swett Marden

 The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
- Brian Tracy

 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
- Philippians 4:13

 Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
- Author Unknown

 I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer

 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C S Lewis

 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
- Ephesians 1:18

 Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
- Harvey Fierstein

 Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness that precedes the dawning of the day of success.
~ Author Unknown

 You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
- Booker T. Washington

 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
- Matthew 5:44

 Action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
- Ayn Rand

 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalm 56:4

Posts from 10/29-31/14

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
- William Penn

 For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
- Sir Walter Scott

 Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
- Epicurious

 Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
- William James

 There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
- C. S. Lewis

 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
- Psalm 143:10

 The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
- Sir Walter Scott

 Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.
- Eric Butterworth

 Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.
- Albert Einstein

 If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
- William James

 Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
- Jawaharlal Nehru

 A year from now you may wish you had started today.
- Karen Lamb

 Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
- Sean O'Casey

 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
- Proverbs 8:10-11

 Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
- Orison Swett Marden

 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

Posts from 6/9-10/14

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

 The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
- Chinese proverb

 A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet.
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

 Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
- Barbara de Angelis

 The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place".
- Orison Swett Marden

 Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, I’ll try again tomorrow.
- Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey

 The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
- William James

 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

 To understand is to forgive, even one self.
- Alexander Chase
 
Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.
- Brian Tracy

 The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
- Thomas J Watson

 Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.
- Jim Rohn

 You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures.
- Charles Noble

Posts from 2/18/14

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

 Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- Michael Jordan

 You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
- Jerry West

 Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in; aim at Earth and you will get neither.
- C.S. Lewis

 Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.
- Orison Swett Marden

Posts from 2/15-17/14

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- Philippians 1:21

 You are not in the universe, you ARE the universe.
- Eckhart Tolle

 My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
- Bob Hope

 We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
- Abraham Maslow

 In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
- Anthony D'Angelo

 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25-27

 People, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
- Walter Savage Landor

 To find what you seek in the road of life,
the best proverb of all is that which says:
“Leave no stone unturned.”
- Edward Bulwer Lytton

 Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
- Josephus Daniels

 Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse

 Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself.
- Author Unknown

 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
- Philippians 4:13

 Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
- Wendell Johnson

 If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive.
- Zig Ziglar

 The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
- Orison Swett Marden

In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome.
- William James

When a man or woman does not know what harbor he or she is making for, no wind is the right wind.
- Seneca

Posts from 11/20/13

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
- Brian Tracy

 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

 Nightmares don't last.
- C.S. Lewis, Letters to an American Lad

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

 Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
- Doug Firebaugh

 There's not a lot you can do about the national economy, but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.
- Zig Ziglar

 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9

 All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
- Orison Swett Marden

Posts from 9/18-22/13

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

 No feeling is final.
- Rainer Marie Rilke

 Know or listen to those who know.
- Baltasar Gracian
 
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
- Jawaharlal Nehru

 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,
- Psalm 95:6-7

 Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.
- Unknown

 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,
- Ephesians 2:19

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
- Joshua 1:9

 No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
- Calvin Coolidge

 Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
- Sean O'Casey

 A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
- James Allen

 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
- Proverbs 22:6

 Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
- Orison Swett Marden

 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.
- Romans 6:11, 12

 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
- Romans 6:14

Posts from 4/4-7/13

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
- George Bernard Shaw

 The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place".
- Orison Swett Marden

 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
- Acts 1:3

 Peak performance in life isn't about succeeding all the time or even being happy all the time. It's often about compensating, adjusting, and doing the best you can with what you have right now.
- Ken Ravizza

 Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find.
- Wayne Dyer

 Don't put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living is in this moment.
- Author Unknown

 My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
- Psalm 62:7

 What you WANT is irrelevant, what you've CHOSEN is at hand.
- Spock (Star Trek)

 Your success in life will be in direct proportion to what you do after you do what you are expected to do.
- Brian Tracy

 The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
- Thomas J Watson

 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
- Psalms 115:1

 It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.
- Wilma Rudolph

 There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
- Leonard Cohen

 The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
- Blaine Lee

 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.
- 1 Timothy 2:5-6

 Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.
- Harry Fosdick

 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
- 1 John 4:18

 Listen to your life. All moments are key moments.
- Frederick Buechner

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

A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what a ship was built for.
-William H Shedd

Posts from 1/9/2013

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
- Proverbs 3:7-8

 We lift ourselves by our thought. We climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere.
- Orison Swett Marden

 It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
- Napoleon Hill

 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

 You do not always have to know when you are going to get to your goal, or how you are going to get to your goal, but you do need to take the next step.
- Peggy McColl

 Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises
- Demosthenes

Posts from 1/5-6/2013

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
- Isaiah 40:31

 The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
- Orison Swett Marden

 Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing there is a solution paves the way to a solution.
- Dr. David Schwartz

 Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- Michael Jordan

This is what the LORD says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
- Isaiah 43:16, 18-19

 All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
- Brian Tracy

To be able to shape your future, you have to be willing and able to change your paradigm.
- Joel Barker

 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17