Posts from 9/30/13

Thus says the Lord : “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord."
- Jeremiah 17:5

 Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
- Brian Tracy

 He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
- Cesare Pavese

 I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
- Jack Canfield

 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- Psalm 143:10

Posts from 9/26-29/13

What have you done for YOURSELF this year to create a better life?
- Jack Canfield

 Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
- Harold Geneen

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalm 23:4

 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

 Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.
- John Wanamaker

 To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.
- Claudius

 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.
- Colossians 1:28

 Any man can win when things go his way, it's the man who overcomes adversity that is the true champion.
- Jock Ewing

 A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
- Proverbs 14:30

 I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
- John 6:48-50

Posts from 9/24-25/13

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
- Isaiah 40:28

 Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
- Plato

 You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person.
- Scott Sorrell

 We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives. Some lessons are painful, some are painless. But, all are priceless.
- Unknown

 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
- 2 Timothy 1:13-14

 In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
- Charles Buxton

 Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
- C.S. Lewis

 Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W Clement Stone

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
- Proverbs 16:16

 In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining who we are.
- Max DePree

 I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
- Charles Dickens

Faith is daring to put your dream to the test. It is better to try to do something and fail than to try to do nothing and succeed.
- Robert H. Schuller

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
- Matthew 28:18-20

 Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.
- Charlotte Bronte

Posts from 9/23/13

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens; by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
- Proverbs 3:19, 20

 The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
- Joseph Campbell

 Life is short, live it.
Love is rare, grab it.
Anger is bad, dump it.
Fear is awful, face it.
Memories are sweet, cherish it.
- Unknown

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach our goal.
- Johann W. von Goethe

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

Posts from 9/18-22/13

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

 No feeling is final.
- Rainer Marie Rilke

 Know or listen to those who know.
- Baltasar Gracian
 
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
- Jawaharlal Nehru

 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,
- Psalm 95:6-7

 Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.
- Unknown

 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,
- Ephesians 2:19

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 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

 No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
- Calvin Coolidge

 Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
- Sean O'Casey

 A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
- James Allen

 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
- Proverbs 22:6

 Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
- Orison Swett Marden

 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.
- Romans 6:11, 12

 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
- Romans 6:14

Posts from 9/17/13

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
- Sir Walter Scott

 In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.
- C.S. Lewis

 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
- John 13:34

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.
- Judith McNaught

 Make yourself necessary to somebody.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
- Sir Walter Scott

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 3:28

 I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.
- Albert Einstein

Posts from 9/16/13

Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.
- Unknown

 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
- Psalm 139:1-4

 Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
- Baltasar Gracian

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

 The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
- John 6:29

 It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- Aristotle