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 9/21-24/14

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
- Philippians 4:4

 It is never too late to be what you might have been.
- George Eliot

 Set your sights high – the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
- Eileen Caddy

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:6-7

 All riches are multiplied by the simple process of sharing them where they may serve others.
- Anonymous

 Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden

 “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

 Perfection is over-rated. An idea doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be implemented.
- Unknown

 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalm 27:1

 Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
- Princess Diana

 Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything.
- Chinese Proverb

 Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek.
- English Proverb

 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

 Courage is…what it takes to stand up and speak.
Courage is also…what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Sir Winston Churchill

9/17-20/14

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
- Marion Wright Edelman

 The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor, and style.
- Maya Angelou

 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- Psalm 121:1-2

 It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
- Erma Bombeck

 Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Effie Jones

 Beauty is how you feel inside and it reflects in your eyes ~ it is not something physical.
- Sophia Loren

 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
- Romans 1:16

 Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
- Arthur Ransome

 If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
- Joseph Addison

 The only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary.
- May B Smith

 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
- Ephesians 6:13

 It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
- Italian Proverb

 All the happiness you ever find lies in you.
- Anonymous

 The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
- Moliere

 The greatest step toward accomplishment is self-confidence.
- Jim Rohn

 I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
- Psalm 119:7

 It isn't what you say or wish or hope or intend that demonstrates what you really believe. It is only what you do.
- Brian Tracy

 Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder.
- Henry David Thoreau

 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10

 He who laughs, lasts.
- Mary Poole

 You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
- Anonymous

 The starting point of all achievement is desire… Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
- Napoleon Hill

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

 Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
- Blaise Pascal

 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

Posts from 9/10-13/14

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
- Psalm 16:8

 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
- Psalm 34:8

 Age is not a matter of years. It is a state of mind.
- Robert Collier

 Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.
- Ed Cunningham

 Worry is a misuse of imagination.
- Dan Zadra

 Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It's a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don't have. It's so simple - yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend.
- Bits and Pieces

 If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
- St. Clement of Alexandra

 Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
- Voltaire

 Don't let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.
- Kimberly Jones

 God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
- C.S. Lewis

 The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.
- Horace Bushnell

 The moment where you doubt whether you can fly, you seas for ever being able to do it.
- Peter Pan

 The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

 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

 The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
- E E Cummings

 Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
- Isaiah 46:4

Posts from 9/1-4/14

Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
- Tyron Edwards

 As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
- Psalm 18:30

 Haste in every business brings failure.
- Herodotus

 There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
- Sophia Loren

 There is no limitation other than what we think.
- Kenneth G. Mills

 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
- John 6:29

 Knowledge helps you make a living; wisdom helps you make a life.
- Chinese Proverb

 He that can have patience can have what he will.
- Benjamin Franklin

 One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller

 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

 What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.
- Norton Juster

 Man can only vanquish fear by walking up to the thing he is afraid of.
- Florence Scovel Shinn

 Paint a masterpiece daily. Always autograph your work with excellence.
- Greg Hickman

 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
- Proverbs 21:2

 No matter how painful our early experiences were, our Essence cannot be harmed. Our Essence is waiting for the opportunity to reveal itself. In a very true sense, we are waiting for the opportunity to become ourselves. Our spirit is yearning to break free, to express itself.
- John Robson

 Something which we think is impossible now will not be impossible in another decade.
- Constance Baker Motley

 Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
- Tim Notke

 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

 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10

 No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.
- Anonymous

 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

 Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
- Jack Lemmon

 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

 Start by doing what is necessary; then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
- St. Francis of Assisi

 People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.
- Joe Gibbs

 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

 Remember, happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
- Dale Carnegie

 Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. life's too short to think small.
- Tim Ferriss

 The world leaders in innovation and creativity will also be world leaders in everything else.
- Harold R McAlindon

 But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Matthew 4:4

 I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou

Posts from 7/28-31/14

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

 The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
- James M. Barrie

 The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
- Psalm 138:8

 Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.
- Mortimer B Zuckerman

 We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
- Eric Hoffer

 Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
- Franklin Roosevelt

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
- Psalm 33:12

 The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.
- Author Unknown

 It’s about getting up one more time than we fall down.
- Arianna Huffington

 A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
- John Barrymore

 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

 Patience serves as a protection against wrong as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you.
- Leonardo Da Vinci

 Every business is built on friendship.
- J C Penney

 Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson

 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.
- Matthew 22:37-38

 Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that are always there.
- Susanne K. Langer

 It is easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out of date.
- Roger Von Oech

 Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
- John Stossel

 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Matthew 24:35

 The proverb warns that “You should not bite the hand that feeds you.” But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.
- Thomas Szasz
 
 We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
- Author Unknown

 Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
- Sam Ewig

 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
- Romans 12:4-5

 Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them ~~ every day begin the task anew.
- Saint Francis de Sales

 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
- Isaiah 26:3

Posts from 7/24-27/14

Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do.
- Kathleen Winsor

 Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.
- William Arthur Ward

 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
- Psalm 103:13

 Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements
- Napoleon Hill

 Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
- Marcus Aurelius

 The best way to get over the past is to get on with the future.
- Author Unknown

 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- 1 John 5:12

 God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.
- C.S. Lewis

 I'm so optimistic I'd go after Moby Dick in a row boat and take the tartar sauce with me.
- Zig Ziglar 

 You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams.
- Denis Waitley

 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
- Psalm 68:4-5

 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

 We accept the love we think we deserve.
- Stephen Chbosky

 In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself.
- Anonymous

 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalm 91:1-2

 You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.
- Thomas J Watson

 If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you.
- Author Unknown

 You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- Beverly Sills

 The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
- Psalm 121:7-8

 Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
- Andrew Carnegie

 Changing the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself, the only place you can begin is where you are, and the only time you can begin is always now.
- Gary Zukav

 If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
- Maya Angelou

 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
- Psalm 1:1

 Clutter is not just the stuff on the floor. It's anything that stands between you and the life you want to be living.
- Author Unknown

 Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
- Alexander Hamilton

 Dreams are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it.
- George Lucas

 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3

 You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
- Lydia M. Child

 Every thought we think is creating our future.
- Louise Hay

 I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living.
- Steven Spielberg

 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
- Matthew 16:25

 A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.
- Henry Ford