Posts from 9/21-24/15

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
- Robert H. Schuller

 First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi

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

 Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.
- Alex Noble

 The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.
- Kenneth Blanchard

 Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.
- Sam Ewing

 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- Ephesians 4:29

 Choose your thoughts how you choose your clothes. Make sure they are the best fit for the time, place and location.
- Author Unknown

 Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.
- T.S. Eliot

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

 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

 I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.
- Audrey Hepburn

 Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
- Mother Teresa

 A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
- Charles Schwab

 The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.
- Zephaniah 3:17

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

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
- Psalm 28:7

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake!
- Psalm 79:9

Posts from 10/3-7/13

We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.
- C. JoyBell C

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything.
- John Wooden

 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- Matthew 5:43, 44

 You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
- Charles Buxton

 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
- Philippians 4:4

 Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
- Ben Jonson

 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
- 1 Peter 3:8

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.
- Ray Bradbury

 I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
- Booker T. Washington

 Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
- Confucius

 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
- Matthew 6:19, 20

 To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
- Abraham Lincoln

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
- Robert Burton

 People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
- George Allen, American Football Coach

 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
- Philippians 2:1-2

 Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of being.
- John Wooden

 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. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
- Romans 1:16, 17

 Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
- Harper Lee

 Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
- Tom Stoppard

 Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
- Psalm 23:6

 Faith is daring to put your dream to the test. It is better to try to do something and fail than to try to do nothing and succeed.
- Robert H. Schuller

 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
- 1 John 4:16

 Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.
- Leo Burnett

 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- James 3:13

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
- Benjamin Franklin

Posts from 9/24-25/13

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
- Isaiah 40:28

 Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
- Plato

 You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person.
- Scott Sorrell

 We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives. Some lessons are painful, some are painless. But, all are priceless.
- Unknown

 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
- 2 Timothy 1:13-14

 In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
- Charles Buxton

 Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
- C.S. Lewis

 Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W Clement Stone

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
- Proverbs 16:16

 In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining who we are.
- Max DePree

 I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
- Charles Dickens

Faith is daring to put your dream to the test. It is better to try to do something and fail than to try to do nothing and succeed.
- Robert H. Schuller

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
- Matthew 28:18-20

 Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.
- Charlotte Bronte

Posts from 6/3-4/13

But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
- Psalms 94:22

 You will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.
- C.S. Lewis

 The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.
- John E. Southard

 Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.
- Horace Mann

 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
- Hebrews 6:10

 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 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 40:30, 31

 Every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.
- Ayn Rand

 You are up and you are happy. You are down and you are sad. All ups and downs help you to find a balance in your being. This is what life is all about. Once balanced, no more ups and downs, but bliss and joy and silence and gratitude.
- Tishan

 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 15:5-6

 The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
- Robert H. Schuller

Posts from 1/30-2/1/2013

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

 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

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
- Seneca

 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
- Mark 9:35

 The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
- Robert H. Schuller

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

 It is a mistake to think that moving fast is the same as actually going somewhere.
- Steve Goodier

 One must have strategies to execute dreams.
- Azim Premji

 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13

 It always seems impossible until it's done.
- Nelson Mandela

 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
- Ephesians 4:2

 Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?"
- Brian Tracy

 If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.
- John Maxwell

 There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.
- Oprah Winfrey

 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
- 2 Samuel 22:4