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If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint”, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
- Vincent Van Gogh

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

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

The man who moved a mountain was the one who began carrying away small stones.
- Chinese Proverb

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

 The miracle is this–the more we share, the more we have.
- Leonard Nimoy

 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

 No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.
- C. S. Lewis

 At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
- Steve Maraboli

 The only difference between a success and a failure is that the successful person is willing to do what the failure is not willing to do.
- J.R. Ridinger

 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
- 1 Peter 1:13

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

 They err who thinks Santa Claus comes down through the chimney; he really enters through the heart.
- Mrs. Paul M. Ell

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

 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
- Psalm 103:6

 Do not watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going.
- Sam Levenson

Posts from 11/21-24/13

But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Luke 6:27

 You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
- Michael Phelps

 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
- Romans 14:3

 In life you are either a passenger or a pilot, it's your choice.
- Author Unknown

 The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
- Plutarch

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

 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

 We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future.
- Steve Maraboli

 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
- Zephaniah 3:17