5/11-16/15

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.
- Walter Elliot

 Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.
- Henry Charles Bukowski

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

 Power is the ability to do good things for others.
- Brooke Astor

 Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make Me Feel Important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
- Mary Kay Ash

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
- Miyamoto Musashi

 One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
- Proverbs 29:23

 Smile, breathe and go slowly.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

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

 As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over again the kind of thought we wish to dominate our lives.
- Henry David Thoreau

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

 Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
- John Ruskin

 To move the world we must first move ourselves.
- Socrates

 Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
- Henry J Kaiser

 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
- Ephesians 6:12-13

 Try and fail, but never fail to try.
- Jared Leto

 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.
- Matthew 7:13

 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
- Henry Ford

 The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
- Julius Charles Hare

 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

 You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit
- Hugh Nibley

 Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.
- Zig Zigler

 Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
- Anne Frank

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
- John 11:25-26

 Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.
- Walt Disney

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

 When we are no longer able to change a situation … we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Victor Frankel

You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
- Psalm 86:5

 The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

 Winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
- Sylvester Stallone

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

 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Matthew 11:28-30

 If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse.
- Jim Rohn

 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
- Psalm 141:3

Posts from 1/11-14/15

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

 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

 Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
- Joseph Sugarman

 How you do one thing, is how you do everything. Be aware.
- Author Unknown

 Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
- Louis Pasteur

 Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
- Emil Zatopek

 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

 Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
- Regina Brett

 Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
- Mark Caine

 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Romans 12:1

 Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
- Marilyn Monroe

 Every achiever I have ever met says, "My life turned around when I began to believe in me."
- Robert Schuller

 If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 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

 You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
- Abraham Lincoln

 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
- Psalm 128:1

Posts from 3/17-23/14

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
- B.C. Forbes

 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

 Power is the ability to do good things for others.
- Brooke Astor

 Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make Me Feel Important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
- Mary Kay Ash

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

 There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.
- Ralph H. Blum

 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

 Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
- James 1:2-3

 If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.
- Robert Quillen

 Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim....Don't worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
- Sherman Finesilver

 Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
- Henry J Kaiser

 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
- Psalm 16:1, 2

 We have the power within, but the secret of success is to employ our power and talents and be prepared for opportunity when it comes.
- Walter Matthews

 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalm 23:4

 Gratitude is the open door to abundance.
- Yogi Bhajan

 Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1000 percent return on energy!
- Brian Tracy

 When life is viewed as good, a bad day is easily absorbed.
- Neil Maxwell

 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

 The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Loyd Wright

 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
- 1 Peter 5:6, 7

Posts from 10/10-13/13

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
- Richard Branson

 The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
- B.B. King

 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
- Romans 6:13

 It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
- Diogenes

 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14

 Life is a choice.
- Author Unknown

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
- Romans 15:7

 Nothing is so much fun as business. I do not expect to do anything but work as long as I can stand up.
- William Wrigley Jnr

 I was not born to be free- I was born to adore and obey.
- C.S. Lewis

 A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
- Jackie Robinson

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

 The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.
- John Hancock

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
- Robert Schuller

 Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets
- Henry Ford

 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
- Romans 5:3-4

 How long should you try? Until.
- Jim Rohn

 I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Psalm 34:1

 Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.
- Sri Chinmoy

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

 Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
- Zig Ziglar

Posts from 3/28-29/13

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
- Albert Einstein
 
Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
- Bill Gates

 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
- Psalms 33:12

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

 Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

 Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Gerard Way

 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
- Colossians 3:12

 You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can't have it.
- Robert Anthony

 You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.
- James Allen

 Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.
- Richard Bach

 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
- Mark 15:33-39

 Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
- Esther Lederer - (Better known as Ann Landers)

 You will never win if you never begin.
- Robert Schuller

 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:13

 Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's when you've had everything to do and you've done it.
- Margaret Thatcher

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 5:22-23

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