Posts from 8/3-4/15

A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day.
- Ancient Proverb

 Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
- Will Rogers

 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

 The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place".
- Orison Swett Marden

 My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.
- Thomas Edison

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

 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- Psalm 121:1-2

 The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
- Thomas J Watson

 Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best.
- Henry Van Dyke

 The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
- Blaine Lee

 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.
- Ephesians 1:7

 Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.
- Og Mandino

 Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius

 Success doesn’t come to the sleeper.
- German Proverb

 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- 1 John 3:16

Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out for the best.
- Author Unknown

Posts from 12/10-14/14

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
- Michelangelo

 Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
- Pablo Picasso

 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
- Psalm 63:1

 You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
- Zig Ziglar

 Nothing is stronger than habit.
- Ovid

 For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
- Aristotle

 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

 Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

 Quiet people have the loudest minds.
- Stephen Hawking

 Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
- Emily P. Bissell

 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
- Isaiah 43:11-12

 If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
- Thomas J Watson

 Every time you stay out late; every time you sleep in; every time you miss a workout; every time you don’t give 100% – You make it that much easier for me to beat you.
- Unknown

 Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason why it will.
- Author Unknown

 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
- Psalm 37:7

 There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
- Peter A. Cohen

 If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to... there is nothing you cannot achieve.
- Lao Tzu

 Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
- Lyndon Johnson

 It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.
- Deuteronomy 13:4

 When people undermine your dreams, predict your doom or criticize you, remember they're telling you their story, not yours."
- LIFE by Cynthia Occelli

 There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
- General Colin L. Powell

 Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own 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

 If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don’t nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life – this is also ‘playing’ the game!
- Emily Post

 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

Posts from 7/24-27/14

Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do.
- Kathleen Winsor

 Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.
- William Arthur Ward

 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
- Psalm 103:13

 Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements
- Napoleon Hill

 Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
- Marcus Aurelius

 The best way to get over the past is to get on with the future.
- Author Unknown

 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- 1 John 5:12

 God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.
- C.S. Lewis

 I'm so optimistic I'd go after Moby Dick in a row boat and take the tartar sauce with me.
- Zig Ziglar 

 You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams.
- Denis Waitley

 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
- Psalm 68:4-5

 You have a clean slate every day you wake up. You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it. Decide today’s the day. Say it; This is going to be my day.
- Brendon Burchard

 We accept the love we think we deserve.
- Stephen Chbosky

 In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself.
- Anonymous

 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalm 91:1-2

 You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.
- Thomas J Watson

 If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you.
- Author Unknown

 You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- Beverly Sills

 The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
- Psalm 121:7-8

 Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
- Andrew Carnegie

 Changing the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself, the only place you can begin is where you are, and the only time you can begin is always now.
- Gary Zukav

 If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
- Maya Angelou

 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
- Psalm 1:1

 Clutter is not just the stuff on the floor. It's anything that stands between you and the life you want to be living.
- Author Unknown

 Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
- Alexander Hamilton

 Dreams are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it.
- George Lucas

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

 You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
- Lydia M. Child

 Every thought we think is creating our future.
- Louise Hay

 I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living.
- Steven Spielberg

 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
- Matthew 16:25

 A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.
- Henry Ford

Posts from 6/9-10/14

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11

 The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
- Chinese proverb

 A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet.
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

 Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
- Barbara de Angelis

 The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place".
- Orison Swett Marden

 Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, I’ll try again tomorrow.
- Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey

 The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
- William James

 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

 To understand is to forgive, even one self.
- Alexander Chase
 
Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.
- Brian Tracy

 The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
- Thomas J Watson

 Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.
- Jim Rohn

 You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures.
- Charles Noble

Posts from 9/29-30/13

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
- Thomas J Watson

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
- Anais Nin

 Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
- Oprah Winfrey

 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
- 1 John 2:9, 10

 Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

 If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to... there is nothing you cannot achieve.
- Lao Tzu

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
- Psalm 63:1

 

 It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power so that a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

 

 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
- Isaiah 43:11-12

 

 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
- Ephesians 5:15, 16

 

 Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
- Willie Nelson

 

 The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
- Napoleon Hill

 

 Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

 

 Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
- Proverbs 19:20-21

 

 Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!
- Christian D. Larson

Posts from 10/17-20/13

What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
- Psalm 34:12, 13

 Anything I've done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death.
- Betty Bender

 Decide what you want. Decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities. Then go to work.
- H.L. Hunt

 Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
- Thomas J Watson

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- Psalm 34:14

 Aim for the highest.
- Andrew Carnegie

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

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Matthew 6:33
 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20

 Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
- Thomas Hardy

Posts from 4/4-7/13

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
- George Bernard Shaw

 The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place".
- Orison Swett Marden

 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
- Acts 1:3

 Peak performance in life isn't about succeeding all the time or even being happy all the time. It's often about compensating, adjusting, and doing the best you can with what you have right now.
- Ken Ravizza

 Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find.
- Wayne Dyer

 Don't put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living is in this moment.
- Author Unknown

 My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
- Psalm 62:7

 What you WANT is irrelevant, what you've CHOSEN is at hand.
- Spock (Star Trek)

 Your success in life will be in direct proportion to what you do after you do what you are expected to do.
- Brian Tracy

 The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm.
- Thomas J Watson

 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
- Psalms 115:1

 It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.
- Wilma Rudolph

 There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
- Leonard Cohen

 The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
- Blaine Lee

 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.
- 1 Timothy 2:5-6

 Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.
- Harry Fosdick

 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
- 1 John 4:18

 Listen to your life. All moments are key moments.
- Frederick Buechner

 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
- Philippians 4:4

A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what a ship was built for.
-William H Shedd