Posts from 1/15-21/15

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

 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9

 When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself.
- Author Unknown

 One step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.
- Scott Reed

 All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
- Brian Tracy

 When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Viktor Frankl

 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. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
- John 13:34-35

 History has noted that the most notable winners usually encounter heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
- B.C. Forbes

 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58

 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16

 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
- 1 Peter 5:8-9

 Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
- Dr. Stephen Covey

 All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
- Orison Swett Marden

 The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
- Brian Tracy

 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
- Philippians 4:13

 Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
- Author Unknown

 I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer

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

 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
- Ephesians 1:18

 Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
- Harvey Fierstein

 Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness that precedes the dawning of the day of success.
~ Author Unknown

 You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
- Booker T. Washington

 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
- Matthew 5:44

 Action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
- Ayn Rand

 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalm 56:4

Posts from 1/11-14/15

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
- Mark 8:36

 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

 Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
- Joseph Sugarman

 How you do one thing, is how you do everything. Be aware.
- Author Unknown

 Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
- Louis Pasteur

 Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
- Emil Zatopek

 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

 Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
- Regina Brett

 Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

 The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
- Mark Caine

 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Romans 12:1

 Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
- Marilyn Monroe

 Every achiever I have ever met says, "My life turned around when I began to believe in me."
- Robert Schuller

 If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
- John 6:35

 You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
- Abraham Lincoln

 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
- Psalm 128:1

Posts from 1/1-10/15

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17

 Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
- John 14:1-3

 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
- John 16:33

 Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
- Leo Tolstoy

 The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
- Denis Waitley

 Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

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

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

 Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.
- Les Brown

 The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in.
- Morrie Schwartz

 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- Proverbs 9:10

 Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
- Danny Thomas

 Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
- Saul Bellow

 Inside of you is a smart, powerful, dynamic, capable, self-confident, alive, alert, fabulous woman. Let her come out and play. The world is waiting for you.
- Louise Hay

 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

 One man with courage is a majority.
- Andrew Jackson

 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Hebrews 13:5

 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
- Psalm 3:3

 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17

 When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you.
- Author Unknown

 Consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing
- Bart Conner

 As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world… as in being able to remake ourselves.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
- John 15:5

 There isn't anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour

For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
- Hebrews 3:4

Posts from 12/15-28/14

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

 Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
- George Addair

 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

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

 The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and actualizer… He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it he sees exactly how to make it happen.
- Robert L. Schwartz

 You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
- Babe Ruth

 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6

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

 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- John 15:12

 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 9:6

 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
- Matthew 1:20-21

 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins.
- Luke 1:76-77

 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:6-7

 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
- Luke 2:12-14

 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
- Psalm 105:1

 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Romans 10:4

Posts from 12/10-14/14

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
- Michelangelo

 Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
- Pablo Picasso

 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

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

 Nothing is stronger than habit.
- Ovid

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

 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
- John 6:35

 Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

 Quiet people have the loudest minds.
- Stephen Hawking

 Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
- Emily P. Bissell

 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

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

 Every time you stay out late; every time you sleep in; every time you miss a workout; every time you don’t give 100% – You make it that much easier for me to beat you.
- Unknown

 Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason why it will.
- Author Unknown

 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
- Psalm 37:7

 There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
- Peter A. Cohen

 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

 Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
- Lyndon Johnson

 It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.
- Deuteronomy 13:4

 When people undermine your dreams, predict your doom or criticize you, remember they're telling you their story, not yours."
- LIFE by Cynthia Occelli

 There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
- General Colin L. Powell

 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

 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own 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

 If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don’t nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life – this is also ‘playing’ the game!
- Emily Post

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
- John 11:25-26

Posts from 12/7-9/14

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 John 4:8

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

 I'm here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.
- Mark Zuckerberg

 For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
- John Burroughs

 What helps people, helps business.
- Leo Burnett

 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
- Matthew 5:9

 A man can’t be always defending the truth; there must be a time to feed on it.
- C. S. Lewis

 Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.
- Thomas J. Watson

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

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

 There was a stillness of silence within me, and I heard the bliss whereby I knew myself as I am.
- Allogenes

 The great successful men of the world have used their imagination. They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building – steadily building.
- Robert Collier

 Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
- Jawaharial Nehru

 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:19-21

 If you do what you do well enough, long enough, consistently enough and fast enough, you will win the race.
- Peter Padilla

12/4-6/14

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.
- Thomas Carlyle

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

 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

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

 Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
- Mario Andretti

 The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
- Nolan Bushnell

 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
- Matthew 7:3-5

 
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
- Thomas Hardy

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

 Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.
- Sir Claus Moser

 Everything you need comes to you in perfect time, space and sequence.
- Louise Hay

 Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
- Paul J. Meyer

 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
- 1 John 2:15-17

 Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
- Stephen Covey

 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
- 2 Peter 3:10