Posts from 1/11-14/15

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
- Mark 8:36

 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

 Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
- Joseph Sugarman

 How you do one thing, is how you do everything. Be aware.
- Author Unknown

 Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
- Louis Pasteur

 Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
- Emil Zatopek

 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Hebrews 4:12

 Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
- Regina Brett

 Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
- Mark Caine

 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Romans 12:1

 Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
- Marilyn Monroe

 Every achiever I have ever met says, "My life turned around when I began to believe in me."
- Robert Schuller

 If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 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

 You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
- Abraham Lincoln

 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
- Psalm 128:1

Posts from 10/27-28/14

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

 If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it.
- Earl Wilson

 Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.
- Marianne Williamson

 In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
- William McKinley

 The earth is filled with your love, Lord; teach me your decrees.
- Psalm 119:64

 Eighty percent of success is showing up.
- Woody Allen

 We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind’s greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

 The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go."
- Isaiah 48:17

 He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.
- Bessie Stanley

 Light tomorrow with today.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

 It isn’t life that weights us down – it’s the way we carry it.
- Elizabeth Potier

 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalm 56:4

 The question isn't can you? It's will you?
- Author Unknown

Posts from 9/25-30/14

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
- Psalm 28:7

 What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 You have to find happiness in yourself before you can find it with someone.
- Anonymous

 When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
- Mary Kay Ash

 Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
- Psalm 112:5

 Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming.
- Alice Walker

 The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
- Roald Dahl

 There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make happiness.
- Sir John Buchan

 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
- Psalm 119:60

 It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
- Franklin D Roosevelt

 Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year’s time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.
- Andre Maurois

 One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
- Bryant H. McGill

 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
- Proverbs 20:1

 Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie

 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- Ephesians 4:29

 “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

 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
- Proverbs 15:16

 Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
- Ambrose Redmoon

 One who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
- Anonymous

 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
- Hebrews 11:1

 Children see magic because they look for it.
- Christopher Moore

 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
- James 3:16

 Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
- Lord Chesterfield

 If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals.
- Robert Conklin

 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:14

 The feeling of being 'offended' is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues.
- Bryant H. McGill

Posts from 11/16-19/13

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
- Hebrews 13:6

 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
- Mark 8:34

 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
- Romans 14:8

 Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
- Emil Zatopek

 We were born to succeed, not to fail.
- Henry David Thoreau

 Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

 Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Matthew 11:28-30

 If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’
- Brian Tracy

 It's not about having the skill to do something. It's about having the will, desire and commitment to be your best.
- Robert Hernandez

 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Romans 12:1

 The only way around is through.
- Robert Frost

Posts from 8/14-17/13

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

 Love what you have. Need what you want. Accept what you receive. Give what you can. Always remember, what goes around, comes around…
- Author Unknown

 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
- Psalm 84:11

 The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
- Elbert Hubbard

 I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.
- Henry Ford

 Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
- Psalm 112:5

 Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
- Nido Qubein

 Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
- Andrew Jackson

 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
- Psalm 119:60

 When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.
- Bernard Meltzer

 Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
- Luke 12:7

 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:12, 13

 Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
- Ray Kroc

 The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
- Hebrews 11:1

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 17:17

 Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.
- J.P. Morgan

 Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
- William Makepeace Thackeray 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
- Hebrews 12:1

 Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
- Author Unknown