Posts From 8/1-2/14

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

 Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart.
- Myla Kabat-Zinn

 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
- Romans 11:33

 Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
- Vince Lombardi

 You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.
- Lee Iacocca

 Attitude is everything.
- Phillip Crosby

 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
- Deuteronomy 31:6

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

 Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else.
- Wayne Dyer

 In school you get the lesson and then take the test... In life you take the test and then get the lesson.
- Unknown Source

 I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate.
- George Burns

 Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Anonymous

 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
- Hebrews 6:10

 The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.
- Dr. Lou Holtz

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
- Thomas Dewar

 We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons inspiration or desperation.
- Jim Rohn

 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
- Joshua 1:9

 The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
- Plutarch

Posts from 4/25-29/14

“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

 There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.
- Alexander Woollcott

 The most effective way to do it is to do it.
- Amelia Earhart

 A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 8:38-39

 The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
- Thomas J Peters

 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.
- John 10:28-30

 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- Hebrews 12:14

 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
- 1 John 4:11, 12

 Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you greater than any obstacle.
- Christian D. Larson

 The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
- Steve Jobs

 Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.
- John C. Maxwell

 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
- Proverbs 17:9

 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

 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
- 1 John 3:18

 When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
- Wayne Dyer

 Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
- Author Unknown

 The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.
- Debbie Fields

 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Romans 13:9-10

 Everything that occurs in your life is part of God's plan to wake you up.
- Leonard Jacobson

Posts from 11/25-12/2/13

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
- Ephesians 6:10, 11

 If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.
- A.P. Gouthey

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

 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
- Ephesians 1:18

 The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.
- Zig Ziglar

 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- 1 Peter 2:9

 The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.
- Harold Geneen

 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
- Philippians 4:8

 Action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
- Ayn Rand

 Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
- G.B. Stern

 You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
- Sarah Ban Breathnack

 Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
- Johann W. von Goethe

 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
- Romans 13:1

 Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
- Igor Stravinsky

 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
- Psalm 100:4

 Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.
- Eileen Caddy

 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
- Psalm 94:19

 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
- John 3:16-18

 Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
- Wayne Dyer

 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6


Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
- Ella Fitzgerald

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