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

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

Posts from 1/22-28/15

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
- 1 John 4:18

 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- 1 Peter 2:9

 The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.
- Harold Geneen

 You are not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor should you feel the world must live up to yours.
- F Perl

 Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
- Igor Stravinsky

 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.
- Philippians 1:29

 In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
- Psalm 138:7

 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
- Psalm 55:22

 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
- Psalm 139:23

 Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.
- Nicholas Spark

 Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
- Ella Fitzgerald

 Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
- Marcus Washling

 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6

 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
- Kurt Vonnegut

 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
- Hebrews 11:1

 Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent persperation.
- Thomas Edison

 We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere.
- #CSLewis

 He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
- Ephesians 1:9-10

 
Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.
- Robert Collier

 Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
- Jim Rohn

 Dream the impossible dream.
- Joe Darion

 Desire creates the power.
- Raymond Holliwell

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