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 7/28-31/14

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

 The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
- James M. Barrie

 The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
- Psalm 138:8

 Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.
- Mortimer B Zuckerman

 We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
- Eric Hoffer

 Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
- Franklin Roosevelt

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

 The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.
- Author Unknown

 It’s about getting up one more time than we fall down.
- Arianna Huffington

 A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
- John Barrymore

 In that day you will say: Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Isaiah 12:4

 Patience serves as a protection against wrong as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you.
- Leonardo Da Vinci

 Every business is built on friendship.
- J C Penney

 Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson

 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.
- Matthew 22:37-38

 Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that are always there.
- Susanne K. Langer

 It is easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out of date.
- Roger Von Oech

 Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
- John Stossel

 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Matthew 24:35

 The proverb warns that “You should not bite the hand that feeds you.” But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.
- Thomas Szasz
 
 We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
- Author Unknown

 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 Ewig

 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
- Romans 12:4-5

 Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them ~~ every day begin the task anew.
- Saint Francis de Sales

 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
- Isaiah 26:3

Posts from 7/21-22/13

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever.
- Psalm 136:1-3

 First, say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus

 Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson

 If we only have the will to walk, then God is pleased with our stumbles.
- C.S. Lewis

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
- Isaiah 40:31

 Either you run the day, or the day runs you.
- Jim Rohn

 Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
- John Stossel

 The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
- Mark Twain

 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
- Exodus 20:12

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 Ewig

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
- Earl Nightingale

 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3

A person's way of doing things is the direct result of the way he thinks about things.
- Wallace D. Wattles

 Haste in every business brings failure.
- Herodotus

Posts from 4/25-28/13

The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.
- C.S. Lewis

 How to succeed? Try hard enough.
- Malcolm Forbes

 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it"—when you have it with you.
- Proverbs 3:27, 28

 There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
- Edith Wharton

 Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
- Samuel Johnson

 Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
- Denis Waitley

 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
- Romans 10:9-10

 Mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people.
- C. S. Lewis

 I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it.
- William DeMille

 Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.
- Muhammad Ali

 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

 Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.
- Victoria Holt

 Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
- Thomas Edison

Jesus Christ was either a liar, a lunatic, or He was who He said He was.
- C.S.Lewis

 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

 In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.
- Friedrich Schlegel

 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
- Psalms 60:12