As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two
Thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b)
It is best to be prepared.
- Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to
live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
- Titus 2:11-12
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
- Ronald E. Osborn
If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.
- Beryl Markham
It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.
- J.K. Rowling
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
- Psalm 147:1
Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.
- John Maxwell
One finds limits by pushing them.
- Herbert Simon
Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or
architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
- Samuel Butler
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require
of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your
God.
- Micah 6:8
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
- Baltasar Gracian
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
- George Eliot
Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.
- Toni Morris
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a
town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do
not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist
that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to
say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
- James 4:13-15
Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
- J P Getty
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I
do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies
ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of
God in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:13-14
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Jeremiah 29:11
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
- Philippians 4:4
Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
- Hosea 6:1
Monday, April 20, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Posts from 4/8-13/15
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
- Psalm 42:1
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
- Hosea Ballou
The curves of your lips rewrite history.
- Oscar Wilde
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- Psalm 90:12
Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top.
- J.C. Penny
It's always too early to quit.
- Norman Vincent Peale
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- Beverly Sills
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
- Amos 5:14
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
- Henry Van Dyke
The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
- Psalm 50:1
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
- 1 Peter 4:8
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
- Colossians 2:17
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
- Romans 8:6-8
- Psalm 42:1
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
- Hosea Ballou
The curves of your lips rewrite history.
- Oscar Wilde
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- Psalm 90:12
Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top.
- J.C. Penny
It's always too early to quit.
- Norman Vincent Peale
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- Beverly Sills
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
- Amos 5:14
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
- Henry Van Dyke
The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
- Psalm 50:1
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
- 1 Peter 4:8
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
- Colossians 2:17
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
- Romans 8:6-8
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Posts from 3/23-24/15
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the
mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and
foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
- Psalm 46:1-3
The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas A. Edison
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.
- Victoria Holt
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
- John 14:1-3
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
- Ralph Marston
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
- Brian Tracy
Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.
- Meryl Streep
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
- Deuteronomy 6:5
Life is not the way it’s suppose to be, It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
- Virginia Satir
- Psalm 46:1-3
The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas A. Edison
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.
- Victoria Holt
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
- John 14:1-3
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
- Ralph Marston
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
- Brian Tracy
Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.
- Meryl Streep
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
- Deuteronomy 6:5
Life is not the way it’s suppose to be, It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
- Virginia Satir
Monday, March 23, 2015
Posts from 3/14-24/15
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 11:28
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
- Bertrand Russell
If you develop the habits of success, you will make success a habit.
- Michael E. Angier
Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.
- Michael Korda
Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
- Psalm 80:7
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
- Bette Davis
Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
- Psalm 16:1-2
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
- James 1:12
My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
- Psalm 71:8
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
- Isaiah 40:30-31
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
- Colossians 1:19-20
- Matthew 11:28
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
- Bertrand Russell
If you develop the habits of success, you will make success a habit.
- Michael E. Angier
Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.
- Michael Korda
Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
- Psalm 80:7
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
- Bette Davis
Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
- Psalm 16:1-2
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
- James 1:12
My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
- Psalm 71:8
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
- Isaiah 40:30-31
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
- Colossians 1:19-20
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
- Proverbs 25:28
- Proverbs 25:28
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Posts from 3/11-13/15
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
- Edgar Allen Poe
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
- Joseph Campbell
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die."
- John 11:25
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
- Mary Kay Ash
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
- Booker T Washington
Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than what you have.
- Author Unknown
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
- Psalm 37:5-6
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
- Tom Blandi
Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.
- Rick Warren
Get a good idea and stay with it. Do it, and work at it until it's done right.
- Walt Disney
Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
- Psalm 103:1-2
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
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
- W. C. Jones
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become.
- Heraclitus
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:13
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Edgar Allen Poe
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
- Joseph Campbell
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die."
- John 11:25
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
- Mary Kay Ash
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
- Booker T Washington
Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than what you have.
- Author Unknown
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
- Psalm 37:5-6
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
- Tom Blandi
Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.
- Rick Warren
Get a good idea and stay with it. Do it, and work at it until it's done right.
- Walt Disney
Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
- Psalm 103:1-2
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
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
- W. C. Jones
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become.
- Heraclitus
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:13
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
- Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Posts from 3/9-10/15
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips,
speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge
that you are never alone.
- Audrey Hepburn
The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.
- Author Unknown
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
- John 8:12
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
- Claude M. Bristol
Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
- Jack Canfield
- Audrey Hepburn
The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.
- Author Unknown
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
- John 8:12
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
- Claude M. Bristol
Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
- Jack Canfield
The biggest temptation is to settle for too little.
- Thomas Merton
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
- Psalm 27:14
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- Theodore Roosevelt
With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
- Thomas Foxwell Buxton
Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. How can anyone see how awesome you are if you can't see it yourself?
- Author Unknown
I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 10:14-15
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
- Oprah Winfrey
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
- Nora Roberts
Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
- Thomas Guthrie
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
- Colossians 1:16
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
- Thomas Merton
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
- Psalm 27:14
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- Theodore Roosevelt
With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
- Thomas Foxwell Buxton
Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. How can anyone see how awesome you are if you can't see it yourself?
- Author Unknown
I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 10:14-15
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
- Oprah Winfrey
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
- Nora Roberts
Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
- Thomas Guthrie
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
- Colossians 1:16
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
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Posts from 2/1-4/15
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
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
- Jeremiah 17:7
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- 1 Peter 2:15-16
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
- Elbert Hubbard
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.
- Edmund Lee
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- James 1:17
There are two primary choices in life: To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
- Denis Waitley
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 3:18
When faced with senseless drama, spiteful criticisms, and misguided opinions, walking away is the best way to stand up for yourself. To respond with anger is an endorsement of their attitude.
- Dodinsky
Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
- Stephen Covey
Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.
- Unknown
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
- John 10:10
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
- Fr Jerome Cummings
- John 15:12-13
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
- Jeremiah 17:7
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- 1 Peter 2:15-16
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
- Elbert Hubbard
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.
- Edmund Lee
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
- James 1:17
There are two primary choices in life: To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
- Denis Waitley
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 3:18
When faced with senseless drama, spiteful criticisms, and misguided opinions, walking away is the best way to stand up for yourself. To respond with anger is an endorsement of their attitude.
- Dodinsky
Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
- Stephen Covey
Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.
- Unknown
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
- John 10:10
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
- Fr Jerome Cummings
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