4/20-21/15

If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint”, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
- Vincent Van Gogh

 There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
- Denis Waitley

Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
- Isaiah 1:16-17

The man who moved a mountain was the one who began carrying away small stones.
- Chinese Proverb

 We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
- Abraham Maslow

 The miracle is this–the more we share, the more we have.
- Leonard Nimoy

 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
- Romans 12:9-10

 No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.
- C. S. Lewis

 At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
- Steve Maraboli

 The only difference between a success and a failure is that the successful person is willing to do what the failure is not willing to do.
- J.R. Ridinger

 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
- 1 Peter 1:13

 Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse

 They err who thinks Santa Claus comes down through the chimney; he really enters through the heart.
- Mrs. Paul M. Ell

 Leaders recognize that great innovation comes from observing the same ideas as everyone else and seeing something different.
- Reed Markham

 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
- Psalm 103:6

 Do not watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going.
- Sam Levenson

Posts from 4/14-19/15

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

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

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

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

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
- Proverbs 25:28

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

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

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