Posts from 5/4-7/15

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
- Martin Luther

 I praise loudly; I blame softly.
- Queen Catherine I

 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13

 People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

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

 When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.
- Chinese Proverb

 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 1:8

 I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle
- E E Cummings

 Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
- Francis Chan

 It's not about time, it's about choices. How are you spending your choices?
- Beverly Adamo

 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

 You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
- Lee Iacocca

 With self-discipline most anything is possible.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 You have to accept whatever comes and the only thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 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

 If people like you they'll listen to you, but if they trust you they'll do business with you.
- Zig Ziglar

 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

 I know that you can do the impossible.
- Terry Fox

 To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
- Bertrand Russell

 If you think of vision and mission as an organization's head and heart, the values it holds are its soul.
- Buzotta

 Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
- Rene Descardes

 I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
- Jung

 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:7-8

 You've got to win in your mind before you win in your life.
- John Addison

 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
- Matthew 5:14

Posts from 3/9-10/15

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
- Audrey Hepburn

 The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.
- Author Unknown

 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
- John 8:12

 It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
- Claude M. Bristol

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

The biggest temptation is to settle for too little.
- Thomas Merton

 Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
- Psalm 27:14

 Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
- Thomas Foxwell Buxton

 Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. How can anyone see how awesome you are if you can't see it yourself?
- Author Unknown

 I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 10:14-15

 What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
- Oprah Winfrey

 If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
- Nora Roberts

 Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
- Thomas Guthrie

 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
- Colossians 1:16

 Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don't have a plan.
- Larry Winget

Posts from 12/1-3/14

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- Matthew 5:11-12

 If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
- Booker T. Washington

 The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.
- Bill Copeland

 Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
- Thomas Carlyle

 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
- Revelation 1:8

 Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine

 In business, when things aren't working it's time to mix it up.
- Donald Trump

 He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
- Proverbs 29:25

 Believe in yourself, never give up and go about your business with passion drive and enthusiasm.
- Peter Jones

 The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.
- C. JoyBell C.

 Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.
- Mark Cuban

 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
- Psalm 62:6-7

 Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
- Farrah Gray

 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
- Revelation 3:20

 With self-discipline most anything is possible.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 All of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.
- Steve Ballmer

 It's so easy to add. It's hard to edit. The hardest decisions are the things not to work on
- Tim Cook

 Sometimes our greatest insight comes from our failure, not from our accomplishments.
- Author Unknown

 Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- Aristotle

Posts from 1/30-2/1/14

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:7, 8

 Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 If the shoe fits, you're not allowing for growth.
- Robert N. Coons

 The great successful men of the world have used their imagination. They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building – steadily building.
- Robert Collier

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die."
- John 11:25

 I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful.
- Johann Sebastian Bach

 What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
- Oprah Winfrey

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
- William Arthur Ward

 Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go.
- Maltbie Davenport Babcock

 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

 Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go.
- Maltbie Davenport Babcock

 Work is much more fun than fun.
- Noel Coward

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
- Thomas Edison
 
 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
- John 15:5, 8

 My mind is a garden. My thoughts are the seeds. My harvest will be either flower or weeds.
- Mel Weldon

 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- Galatians 2:20

Posts from 10/2/13

A life without cause is a life without effect.
- Barbarella

 Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart.
- Unknown

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

 Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be part of.
- Geri Weitzman

 The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
- Theodore Roosevelt

To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being.
- Sir John Lubbock

 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Psalm 121:1-2

 The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable.
- C.S. Lewis

Posts from 7/24/13

Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
- Og Mandino

 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13

 Nature gave men two ends...one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.
- George R. Kilpatrick 

 Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
- Theodore Roosevelt

 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
- Matthew 16:25

 Paint a masterpiece daily. Always autograph your work with excellence.
- Greg Hickman