4/27-28/15

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

 The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
- Dale Carnegie

 Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
- Georg W Hegel

 Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.
- George Washington Carver

 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Micah 6:8

 Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.
- C. JoyBell C.

 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

 There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
- Anthony Robbins

 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

 Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

 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

 Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
- Philippians 2:14-16

 Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
- Benjamin Franklin

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 2/1-4/15

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

 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
- Jeremiah 17:7

 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- 1 Peter 2:15-16

 Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
- Elbert Hubbard

 You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

 Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.
- Edmund Lee

 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- James 1:17

 There are two primary choices in life: To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
- Denis Waitley

 Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

 The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 3:18

 When faced with senseless drama, spiteful criticisms, and misguided opinions, walking away is the best way to stand up for yourself. To respond with anger is an endorsement of their attitude.
- Dodinsky

 Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
- Stephen Covey

 Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.
- Unknown

 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
- John 10:10

 A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
- Fr Jerome Cummings

Posts from 9/21-24/14

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

 It is never too late to be what you might have been.
- George Eliot

 Set your sights high – the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
- Eileen Caddy

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:6-7

 All riches are multiplied by the simple process of sharing them where they may serve others.
- Anonymous

 Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden

 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
- Matthew 16:15-16

 Perfection is over-rated. An idea doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be implemented.
- Unknown

 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalm 27:1

 Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
- Princess Diana

 Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything.
- Chinese Proverb

 Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek.
- English Proverb

 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
- Matthew 19:14

 Courage is…what it takes to stand up and speak.
Courage is also…what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Sir Winston Churchill

Posts from 7/23-26/14

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 8:1-2

 When you believe you can...you can
- Maxwell Maltz

 Good things happen when you pay attention.
- John F Smith

 Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
- Salvador Dalí

 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17

 Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long, stretch of gray cement. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves how to make room for them, to love them, and to live, really live.
- Anna Quindlen

 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:32

 All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.
- Dale Carnegie

 One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
- Levi Strauss

 Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your own permission.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
- Isaiah 33:2

 We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
- Romans 1:16

Posts from 6/21-24/14

Winning is a habit.
- Vincent T Lombardi

 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
- Romans 5:10

 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
- Psalm 103:13

 You are in charge of how you feel.
- Author Unknown

 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 5:6-8

 It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.
- Helen Walton

 You always pass failure on the way to success.
- Mickey Rooney

 Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him.
- Sathya Sai Baba

 Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray.
- Author Unknown

 For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
- Wallis Simpson

 Attitude is an important part of the foundation upon which we build a productive life. A good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude fair results, a poor attitude poor results. We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude.
- M. Russell Ballard

 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
- John 16:33

 You can never plan the future by the past.
- Edmund Burke

 I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
- H. Jackson Browne

 Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
- Abraham Lincoln

 Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
- Wayne Dyer

 You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are.
- Anna Quindlen

Posts from 3/28-29/14

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

 Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
- Pema Chödrön

 Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it.
- Jim Rohn

 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
- John 4:24

 Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
- Gucci Slogan

 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:23

Posts from 3/24-27/14

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:7, 8

 Find the good and praise it.
- Alex Haley

 Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
- Mark Twain

 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
- James 1:5

 Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.
- Brian Tracy

 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
- Ephesians 6:10, 11

 I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
- Winston Churchill

 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
- Philippians 4:8

 What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
- Nelson Mandela

 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
- James 1:12

 Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
- Mother Teresa

 I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.
- Jim Rohn

 Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
- James 4:10

 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

 Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's just their priorities that do.
- Author Unknown

 He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
- John Milton

 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
- Ephesians 6:12-13

 Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
- Charles E Wilson

 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:23

 Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives
- William A Foster

Posts from 2/24-25/14

There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
- Anthony Robbins

 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
- Matthew 6:34

 Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
- Barbara Sher

 Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not that you have no reason for living.
- Tom O'Connor

 Affirmations are like seed planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts that make you feel good, the quicker the affirmations work.
- Louise Hay

 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- Psalm 90:12

 A warrior never worries about his fear.
- Carlos Castaneda

 Self-trust is the first secret to success.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Creativity is to think more efficiently.
- Pierre Reverdy

 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
- Melody Beattie

 Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 2 Samuel 7:22

 What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
- Lao-tzu

 Making a decision usually means taking one of two roads. One is doing the right thing. To take the other road, you have to sit back and spin a story around the decision or action you are taking. If you find yourself thinking up an elaborate justification for what you are doing, you are not doing the right thing.
- Wayne Sales

 Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
- Isaiah 1:16-17

 Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
- Abraham Lincoln

Posts from 10/17-20/13

What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
- Psalm 34:12, 13

 Anything I've done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death.
- Betty Bender

 Decide what you want. Decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities. Then go to work.
- H.L. Hunt

 Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
- Thomas J Watson

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- Psalm 34:14

 Aim for the highest.
- Andrew Carnegie

 Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.
- Jack Canfield

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Matthew 6:33
 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20

 Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
- Thomas Hardy

Posts from 9/17/13

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

 In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.
- C.S. Lewis

 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.
- John 13:34

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.
- Judith McNaught

 Make yourself necessary to somebody.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 3:28

 I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.
- Albert Einstein

Posts from 8/18-19/13

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!
- Psalm 31:16

 has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
- Henry Ford

 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:14

To be low means to be raised: all good masters are servants: God washes the feet of men.
- C.S. Lewis

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
- Psalm 119:93

 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
- Matthew 7:13, 14

 Your life doesn’t get better by chance. It gets better by choice.
- Author Unknown

 A man is what he thinks about all day long.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 5:14, 16

 Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
- Jim Rohn

 A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- Mark Twain

Posts from 5/21-22/13

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.
- J.C. Penney

 Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
- Confucius

 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4

 At some point, the illusion breaks down and the opening for the start of the spiritual quest commences. The quest turns from without to within and the search for answers begins.
- David R. Hawkins

 If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
- Herman Hesse

 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:32

 If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.
- C.S. Lewis

 The more I see, the less I know for sure.
- John Lennon

 The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise.
- Unknown

 The first step is you have to say that you can.
- Will Smith

 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
- 1 Peter 5:10

 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
- Proverbs 31:30

 We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
- Anais Nin

 Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is for you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
- Psalm 139:13-14

Posts from 3/30-31/13

Strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and victories. They are measured in the struggles they overcome. The strongest people aren't always the people who win, they are the people who don't give up when they lose.

 Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity.
- Arthur Pine

 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, "He has risen from the dead," and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
- Matthew 27:64-66

 One half of life is luck, the other half is discipline and that's the important half. For without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with the luck.
- Carl Zuckmeyter

 Nothing is impossible; the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!
- Audrey Hepburn

 Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie

 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
- Jeremiah 17:7-8

 Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.
- Norman Schwarzkopf

 The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.
- Nelson Mandela

 Though you may travel the world to find the beautiful, you must have it within you or you will find it not.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Happy Easter!! - Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you."
- Matthew 28:1-7

Posts from 1/22/2013

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- Romans 5:1-2

 Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
- Brian Tracy

 The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
- Abigail Van Buren

 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
- Matthew 7:12

 Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
- Robert Schuller

 
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posts from 1/2/2013

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
- Hebrews 12:28-29

 Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
- Voltaire

 Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 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

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 11:28

 It is never too late to be what you might have been.
- Mary Ann Evans

 Leaders recognize that great innovation comes from observing the same ideas as everyone else and seeing something different.
- Reed Markham

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