The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
- Stephen R. Covey
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
- Benjamin Franklin
What
then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against
us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how
will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
- Romans 8:31, 32
I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.
- Author Unknown
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Matthew 4:4
Success
requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of
results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each
additional unit of effort.
- Charles Givens
Therefore
God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is
above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in
heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Philippians 2:9-11
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine
If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
- John 15:10
Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their butt and do anything to make it happen.
- Author Unknown
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord ! Praise the Lord !
- Psalm 150:6
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
- Maya Angelou
Therefore,
get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly
accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
- James 1:21
Don't be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone.
- Author Unknown
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
- Peter F. Drucker
Happiness
cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is
the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and
gratitude.
- Denis Waitley
Friday, August 9, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Posts from 8/5-6/13
Why
do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice
the log that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother,
‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you
yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite,
first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to
take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
- Luke 6:41, 42
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding, and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 1:6
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
- Walt Disney
Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.
- Author Unknown
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
- Luke 9:24, 25
Manifestation is an act of trust. It is the soul pouring itself out into its world, like a fisherman casting a net to gather in the fish he seeks; with each cast properly made, we will bring what we need to us, but first we must hurl ourselves into the depths without knowing just what lies beneath us.
- David Spangler
Before we can be cured, we must want to be cured.
- C.S. Lewis
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
- Roger Staubach
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
- Jeremiah 32:17
I am a slow walker...but I never walk backwards.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Luke 6:41, 42
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding, and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 1:6
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
- Walt Disney
Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.
- Author Unknown
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
- Luke 9:24, 25
Manifestation is an act of trust. It is the soul pouring itself out into its world, like a fisherman casting a net to gather in the fish he seeks; with each cast properly made, we will bring what we need to us, but first we must hurl ourselves into the depths without knowing just what lies beneath us.
- David Spangler
Before we can be cured, we must want to be cured.
- C.S. Lewis
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
- Roger Staubach
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
- Jeremiah 32:17
I am a slow walker...but I never walk backwards.
- Abraham Lincoln
Monday, August 5, 2013
Posts from 8/1-4/13
Blessed
be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for
battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my
deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples
under me.
- Psalm 144:1, 2
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
- Mother Teresa
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Matthew 24:35
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.
As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
- Psalm 18:30
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
- Confucius
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller
No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
- Luke 8:16, 17
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 your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.
- Mae Jemison
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.
- Psalm 138:2
It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
- Al Batt
Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.
- Dalai Lama
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
- Ephesians 3:20-21
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
- Psalm 145:8, 9
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
- Proverbs 12:15
- Psalm 144:1, 2
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
- Mother Teresa
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Matthew 24:35
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.
As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
- Psalm 18:30
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
- Confucius
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller
No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
- Luke 8:16, 17
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 your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.
- Mae Jemison
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.
- Psalm 138:2
It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
- Al Batt
Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.
- Dalai Lama
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
- Ephesians 3:20-21
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
- Psalm 145:8, 9
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
- Proverbs 12:15
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Posts from 7/30-31/13
And
he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and
first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor
as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the
Prophets.”
- Matthew 22:37-40
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
- Napoleon Hill
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.
- Proverbs 14:34
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
- William A. Ward
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
- Roger Staubach
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.
- Psalm 33:12
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
- Abigail Van Buren
Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointment.
- Henry Ward Beecher
A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
- Luke 6:45
The best revenge is massive success.
- Frank Sinatra
In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Isaiah 12:4
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
- Farrah Gray
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.
- Norman Vincent Peale
- Matthew 22:37-40
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
- Napoleon Hill
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.
- Proverbs 14:34
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
- William A. Ward
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
- Roger Staubach
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.
- Psalm 33:12
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
- Abigail Van Buren
Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointment.
- Henry Ward Beecher
A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
- Luke 6:45
The best revenge is massive success.
- Frank Sinatra
In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Isaiah 12:4
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
- Farrah Gray
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Posts from 7/27-29/13
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
- Les Brown
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
- Saint Augustine
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
- Buddha
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- Romans 10:13
Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill.
- Zig Ziglar
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
- Romans 12:3
It was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.
- C.S. Lewis
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
- Luke 5:30-32
I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Psalm 142:5
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
- Steve Job
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
- Jeremiah 17:9-10
I never waste time looking back.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
- Walt Disney
- Les Brown
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
- Saint Augustine
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
- Buddha
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- Romans 10:13
Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill.
- Zig Ziglar
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
- Romans 12:3
It was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.
- C.S. Lewis
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
- Luke 5:30-32
I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Psalm 142:5
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
- Steve Job
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
- Jeremiah 17:9-10
I never waste time looking back.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
- Walt Disney
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Posts from 7/25-26/13
Learn
from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in
the only moment of time of which you have any control: now.
- Denis Waitley
Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.
- Ovid
Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
- 1 Peter 3:3, 4
The shortest answer is doing.
- Lord Herbert
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
- Christopher Reeve
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
- 2 Peter 3:9
Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
- Walter Anderson
Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.
- Dalai Lama
People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.
- Brian Tracy
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
- Psalm 140:4
If you open your heart, love opens your mind.
- Charles John Quarto
Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
- Powel Davies
The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
- Psalm 138:8
- Denis Waitley
Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.
- Ovid
Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
- 1 Peter 3:3, 4
The shortest answer is doing.
- Lord Herbert
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
- Christopher Reeve
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
- 2 Peter 3:9
Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
- Walter Anderson
Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.
- Dalai Lama
People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.
- Brian Tracy
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
- Psalm 140:4
If you open your heart, love opens your mind.
- Charles John Quarto
Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
- Powel Davies
The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
- Psalm 138:8
Thursday, July 25, 2013
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
- 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
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