Posts from 8/26-28/13

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

 If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
- Jim Rohn

 It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
- Barbara Sher

 Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still.
- Author Unknown

 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
- Psalm 149:4

 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
- 1 Timothy 6:12

 Be not simply good; be good for something.
- Henry David Thoreau

 To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
- Jim Rohn

 If you are always dwelling in trouble, change your address.
- American Proverb

 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- Luke 12:6-7

 If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
- John Maxwell

 An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
- Lao Tzu

 The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.
- Jim Rohn

 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
- Proverbs 16:9

 Set small goals for yourself and meet them. You are responsible to take care of yourself.
- Author Unknown

 The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
- Thomas Carlyle

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
- Psalm 46:1

 A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
- Arnold Glasgow

 The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
- Jim Rohn

Posts from 8/21-25/13

The upside is your future is in your hands. And the downside is your future is in your hands.
- Russ Myers

 Great acts are made up of small deeds.
- Lao Tzu

 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
- Proverbs 11:13

 Praise the bridge that carried you over.
- George Colman

 Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
- African Proverb

 Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
- Bhagavad Gita

 This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- Jeremiah 33:2-3

 I would rather make my name than inherit it.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
- Dale Carnegie

 The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.
- Jim Rohn

 It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
- Proverbs 25:27

 You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
- Dale Carnegie

 It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.
- Pir Vilayat Khan

 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
- Psalm 119:130

 Appreciation can make a day - even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
- Margaret Cousins

 Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
- Jim Rohn

 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
- Psalm 119:160

 We love because he first loved us.
- 1 John 4:19

Thought is the parent of the deed.
- Thomas Carlyle

 What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.
- Aristotle

 What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
- Albert Pike

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.
- Isaiah 33:22

 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 2:9

 Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
- Proverbs 16:3

Posts from 8/20/13

You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
- Psalm 119:114

 The more pride we have, the more other people’s pride irritates us.
- C.S. Lewis

 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 10:11

 I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
- Edward Everett Hale

 Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
- Aristotle

 The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal.The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays

 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
- James 1:22

 To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.
- Muhammad Ali

Posts from 8/18-19/13

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!
- Psalm 31:16

 has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
- Henry Ford

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

To be low means to be raised: all good masters are servants: God washes the feet of men.
- C.S. Lewis

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
- Psalm 119:93

 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
- Matthew 7:13, 14

 Your life doesn’t get better by chance. It gets better by choice.
- Author Unknown

 A man is what he thinks about all day long.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 5:14, 16

 Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
- Jim Rohn

 A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- Mark Twain

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

Posts from 8/13/13

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
- Psalm 16:8, 9

 Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
- Gail Devers

 But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
- Matthew 16:15-16

 Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after it’s said, the MOMENT after it’s missed and the TIME after it’s gone. Be Careful!
- Author Unknown

 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
- Matthew 19:14

 The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
- Xun Zi

Posts from 8/12/13

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- Psalm 103:8

Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Author Unknown

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.
-C.S. Lewis

 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
- Psalm 119:30

 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