Posts from 6/22-30/15

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Proverbs 10:2

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 5:22-23

 Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
- William A. Ward

 Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
- Denis Waitley

 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
- 1 Peter 2:2-3

 Attitude is a reflection of character and character is a reflection of habit.
- Tom Ziglar

 Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to.
- Henry Van Dyke

 Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
- Psalm 105:4

 You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
- Hebrews 11:3

 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
- Matthew 16:26

 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
- John 17:3

 Ask not how far must I walk, instead say I will walk as far is as needed.
- Author Unknown

 Success is not so much what we have, as it is what we are.
- Jim Rohn

 But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:7-8

 Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
- C.S. Lewis

 Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough.
- Zig Ziglar

 You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.
- Jim Stovall

 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
- Proverbs 19:1

 You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
- Warren Buffett

 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. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
- Matthew 22:37-39

Posts from 6/12-21/15

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
- John 3:36

 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 10:32-33

 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

 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
- Isaiah 25:1

 He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
- Herman Melville

 Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
- Arthur Christopher Benso

 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- Psalm 139:23-24

 Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
- Spanish Proverb

 Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy.
- St Francis Of Assisi

 Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies within us while we live.
- Norman Cousins

 By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
- Proverbs 13:10

It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.
- Millie Huang

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

 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
- Jeremiah 10:23

 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
- Romans 8:28

 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Psalm 51:10

Posts from 6/3-8/15

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
- Lee Iacocca

 There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.
- Unknown

 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3

 Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
- Spanish Proverb

 Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

 The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
- Henry Ward Beecher

 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
- Proverbs 16:9

 Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
- C.S. Lewis

 If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.
- Jack Dixon

 I hear: I forget. I see: I remember. I do: I understand.
- Chinese Proverb

 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-5

 No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind.
- Napoleon Hill

 The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage
- Peter Senge

 The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
- Vincent T Lombardi

 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 1:13

 The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
- Wallace Wattles

 Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
- Norman Vincent Peale

 Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
- Winston Churchill

 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- 1 Corinthians 13: 6-7

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
- Author Unknown

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.
- Wilfred A Peterson

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses...on your powers, instead of your problems.
- Paul J. Meyer

Believe that you will succeed and you will.
- Dale Carnegie

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:16

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Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
- Orison Swett Marden

The only way around is through.
- Robert Frost

Change happens in an instant. It happens the moment you DECIDE to change.
- Allyson Lewis

you can know ten things by learning one.
- Japanese proverb

‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
- Jeremiah 32:17

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.
- John H Patterson

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
- 2 Timothy 1:7

Posts from 5/29-6/2/15

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
- Acts 20:24

 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:18

 You can never get enough of what you don't really need.
- Eric Hoffer

 If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.
- John Maxwell

 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Matthew 5:43-45

 Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
- Malcolm Cowley

 Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.
- David Bly

 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
- Bruce Lee

 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.
- John 6:27

Posts from 5/20-26/15

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
- Baba Ram Dass

 Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. But when we work for others, our efforts return to bless us.
- Sidney Powell

 But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalm 59:16

 We have to be continually reminded of what we believe.
- C.S. Lewis

 It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
- Lou Holtz

 The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- Psalm 34:10

 So many people can be responsible for your Success, but only you are responsible for your failure.
- Author Unknown

 Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
- Sun Tzu

 Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
- Ralph Vaull Starr

 I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalm 18:1-2

 Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson

 Do you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears?
- Author Unknown

 Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
- Rene Descartes

 Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.
- Anthony Robbins

 Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success.
- Denis Waitley

 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
- Psalm 33:4-5

 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."
- Mark 16:15

 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
- 1 Peter 5:6-7

 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:13

 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Matthew 19:26

Posts from 5/17-19/15

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
- Matthew 16:26

 Happiness is your nature. It's not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

 Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
- Brian Tracy

 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
- Ephesians 4:2

 Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
- Napoleon Hill

 Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
- Charles E Wilson

 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. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
- Matthew 22:37-39

 It takes a long time to become young.
- Pablo Picasso

 Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives
- William A Foster

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

 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—
- 1 Corinthians 2:9

 Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
- John Wayne

 Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there.
- William Blake

 Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
- Gucci Slogan

 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 2:9

 We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
- Maya Angelou

5/11-16/15

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.
- Walter Elliot

 Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.
- Henry Charles Bukowski

 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
- James 4:10

 Power is the ability to do good things for others.
- Brooke Astor

 Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make Me Feel Important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
- Mary Kay Ash

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
- Miyamoto Musashi

 One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
- Proverbs 29:23

 Smile, breathe and go slowly.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

 Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
- Robert Schuller

 As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over again the kind of thought we wish to dominate our lives.
- Henry David Thoreau

 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
- John 4:24

 Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
- John Ruskin

 To move the world we must first move ourselves.
- Socrates

 Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
- Henry J Kaiser

 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 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 6:12-13

 Try and fail, but never fail to try.
- Jared Leto

 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
- Matthew 7:13

 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
- Henry Ford

 The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
- Julius Charles Hare

 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
- Mark 9:35

 You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit
- Hugh Nibley

 Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.
- Zig Zigler

 Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
- Anne Frank

 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

 Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.
- Walt Disney

 Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.
- Brian Tracy

 When we are no longer able to change a situation … we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Victor Frankel

You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
- Psalm 86:5

 The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

 Winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
- Sylvester Stallone

 Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
- Thomas Carlyle

 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Matthew 11:28-30

 If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse.
- Jim Rohn

 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
- Psalm 141:3