Posts from 11/12-13/13

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1

 Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
- John Dewey

 Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
- Brian Tracy

 Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
- Publilius Syrus

 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 15:23

 Don’t be like me. Be better than me. That’s the goal.
- Michael Jordan

 Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
- Henry Ford

 Don't go through life, grow through life.
- Eric Butterworth

 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
- Matthew 16:26

 Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it's not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan

 Nothing is always absolutely so.
- Theodore Sturgeon

 Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
- Zig Ziglar

 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Galatians 6:2

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

Posts from 11/7-11/13

Never mistake activity for achievement.
- John Wooden

 It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
- Arnold Toynbee

 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
- Matthew 6:33

 If you are called to be a sweet sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

 Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work.
- David Grayson

 The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential -- these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
- Eddie Robinson

 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
- Psalm 27:14

 Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
- Steve Jobs

 We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.
- Mary Kay Ash

 Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it.
- C.S. Lewis

 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.
- Psalm 119:147, 148

 I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal
- Curtis Carlson

 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Psalm 37:14

 Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.
- Bruce Barton

 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
- Psalm 51:12

 Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
- James R. Cook

 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.
- Matthew 7:13

 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
- Galatians 5:14
 
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

Posts from 11/4-6/13

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
- Psalm 32:7

 Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.
- Ross Perot

 Love is energy of life.
- Robert Browning

 A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
- Ayn Rand

 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
- Romans 12:2

 The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke

 High achievement always takes place in a framework of high expectation.
- Jack Kinder

 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
- 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- Psalm 19:14

 You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.
- Joan Baez

 The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
- Psalm 25:14-15

 Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work.
- Vincent T Lombardi

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
- Michael Jordan


 Love coming out of you makes you happy. The whole world can love you, but that love will not make you happy. What will make you happy is to share all the love you have inside you. That is the love that will make a difference.
- Don Miguel Ruiz

 We will either find a way, or make one.
- Hannibal

 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
- James 2:19

 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F Kennedy

You must believe that God is separate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will.
- C.S. Lewis

 We cannot change life! We can only change the way we live life.
Any moment is the best moment, and any place is the best place.
- Tishan

How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
- 2 Samuel 7:22

 Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard

Posts from 10/31-11/3/13

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
- Thomas Edison

 As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John F. Kennedy

 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Psalm 111:10

 There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
- Logan Pearsall Smith

 The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
- Marcel Proust

 Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
- Vincent Van Gogh

 Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
- Psalm 62:1

 Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
- Oprah Winfrey

 Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you.
- Mary Kay Ash

 It’s always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It’s over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It’s always worked for me.
- Merv Griffin

 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
- Ephesians 6:10

 You've got to be before you can do, and do before you can have.
- Zig Ziglar

 If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.
- Anthony Robbins
 
If you're only willing to do what is easy, life will be hard. If you're willing to do what is hard, life will be easy.
- Bishop Eddie L. Long

 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
- Jeremiah 29:11

 Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
- Ephesians 6:11

Posts from 9/29-30/13

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
- Thomas J Watson

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
- Anais Nin

 Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
- Oprah Winfrey

 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

 Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

 If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to... there is nothing you cannot achieve.
- Lao Tzu

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
- Psalm 63:1

 

 It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power so that a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

 

 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
- Isaiah 43:11-12

 

 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
- Ephesians 5:15, 16

 

 Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
- Willie Nelson

 

 The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
- Napoleon Hill

 

 Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

 

 Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
- Proverbs 19:20-21

 

 Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!
- Christian D. Larson

Posts from 10/24-28/13

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13

 In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
- Harold Geneen

 Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.
- Scottie Pippen

 It's time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever -- the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.
- Vince Lombardi

 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1 Peter 1:3

 The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
- Henry Ward Beecher

 The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
- Michelangelo

 I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than it be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
 - Jack London

 The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
- Nahum 1:7

 For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.
- Clarence E. Hodges

The person who gets farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
- Dale Carnegie

 You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
- Zig Ziglar

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1

 Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it lit.
- Mary Lou Retton

 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
- Psalm 34:18

 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
- Psalm 34:19, 20

 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3, 4

 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
- Isaiah 55:6

 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
-Isaiah 26:4

For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
- Aristotle

It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.
- Jim Rohn

Posts from 10/21-23/13

Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they're on the same side.
- Zig Ziglar

 A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
- Henry Ford

 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
- John 6:28, 29

 If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
- Erica Jong

 No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
- J P Getty

 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
- John 3:20-21

 All great achievements require time.
- Maya Angelou

 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
- Philippians 1:9-10

 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C.S. Lewis

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
- Psalm 34:17

 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

 It is not joy that makes us grateful. It is gratitude that makes us joyful.
- David Rast

 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- Matthew 5:11-12

 There are three things that you should spend you time doing: Marketing, marketing, marketing.
- Emma Harrison

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

 If you wait, all that happens is you get older.
- Larry McMurtry

Rules! Hell, there are no rules here...we're trying to accomplish something.
- Thomas Edison

 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
- Romans 8:6

 What helps people, helps business.
- Leo Burnett

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
- Crowfoot

Money never prevented anyone from being happy or unhappy.
- Eddie Barclay

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
- Proverbs 29:25

 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy