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The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have”. - John D. Rockefeller III
"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop." - Ovid
"We fear the government may be powerful enough to destroy our families; we know that it is not powerful enough to replace them." - Ronald Reagan
"A life spent centering only on itself will in the end occupy a very, very small universe." - John Glenn
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more." - A. Lou Vickery
"Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered." - Bchya Ibn Pakuda
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement." - Author Unknown
"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak" - Author Unknown
"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." - Author Unknown
"It is not the importance of the thing, but the majesty of the Lawgiver that is to be the standard of obedience" - Andrew Bonar
"My job is to take care of the possible and trust God with the impossible" - Ruth Bell Graham
"You are never so high when you are on your knees" - Jean Hodges
"Preach all the time if necessary use words" - St. Augustine
"Give your troubles to God: He will be up all night anyway" - Author Unknown
"The Lord can do great things through those who don’t care who gets the credit" - Helen Pearson
"I regret often that i have spoken: never that i have been silent" - Cyrus
"Nothing beats love at first sight except love with insight" - Author Unknown
“In former days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now-a-days, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.” - Vance Havner
"A glimpse of the next three feet of road is more important and useful than a view of the horizon." - C.S. Lewis
Much of our frustration and anxiety comes from the feeling of being unprepared. Many activities become urgent as a result of lack of proper preparation." - Stephen R. Covey
"Character is simply habit long continued." - Plutarch, Greek biographer (47-120 A.D.)
"In a moment of crisis we will not rise to the occasion, we will default to our training." - Unknown
"Everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself." - Leo Tolstoy
"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you." - Deepak Chopra
"Learn how to turn frustration into fascination. You will learn more being fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it." - Jim Rohn
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." - Ellen Parr
"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them." - W. Clement Stone
"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
"Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out." - Jim Rohn
"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." - Calvin Coolidge
"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat." Napoleon Hill
"It's not how LONG you live that counts, but HOW you live." - from Our Daily Bread
"The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open." - Unknown
Practicing the presence of God is a skill, a habit you can develop. Just as musicians practice scales every day in order to play beautiful music with ease, you must force yourself to think about God at different times in your day. You must train your mind to remember God. - Rick Warren
"As a leader, your word is only as good as your last promise kept or broken." - Barbara "BJ" Gallagher
I don't know the key to happiness, but the key to unhappiness is trying to please everyone. - Bill Cosby
"The best thing to give
to your enemy is forgiveness;
to an opponent, tolerance;
to a friend, your heart;
to your child, a good example;
to a father, deference; to your mother,
conduct that will make her proud of you;
to yourself, respect; to all men, charity." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
I believe in the sun, even when it isn't shining.
I believe in love, even when I am alone.
I believe in God, even when he is silent.
It is in the desert of Sinai that you find the mountain of God." - Seen on Mickey's Funnies
"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." - Paul Boese
"Forgiveness doesn't make the other person right, it makes you free." - Stormie Omartian
"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." - Kahlil Gibran
"Money-giving is a good criterion of a person's mental health. Generous people are rarely mentally ill people." - Dr. Karl Menninger
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another." - Walter Elliott
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"I never tried quitting, and I never quit trying." - Dolly Parton
"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." - George Woodberry
"The years teach much which the days never knew." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it, and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even." - Ann Landers
"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think." - Benjamin Disraeli
"The finest flowers are often found growing in the soil of sorrow." - G. B. Duncan
"Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected." - William Safire
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Unknown
"Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop peddling." - Claude D. Pepper
"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart." - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
"Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself." - Og Mandino
"The essence of real sport is the pursuit of victory with honor. Take away the honor and it's no longer sport." - Michael Josephson
"Trying times are not the times to stop trying." - Ray Owen
 NOTE: These words were found scrawled on a cellar wall where Jews had hidden in World War II inCologne, Germany.
John D. Rockefeller once said:
"Without the management of time, you will soon have nothing left to manage."
On a similar note, the Bible encourages us to "redeem the time," meaning to put it to the best use possible.
My question of the day for you is, "How much of each precious day are you wasting?"
Source: Winner's Way by Mac Hammond Ministries
When you get into
a tight place
and everything goes
against you, till it
seems as though you
could not hang
on a minute longer,
never give up then,
for that is just the
place and time
that the tide
will turn.
(Harriet Beecher Stowe)
"No sin is small. It is a sin against an infinite God, and may have consequences immeasurable. No grain of sand is small in the mechanism of a watch." - Jeremy Taylor
"Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly." - William Shakespere
93% of Americans say that their neighborhood is safe. 78% say there is no place within a mile of their house they would be afraid to walk at night. (Source: www.census.gov)
"The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now." - Henri Nouwen
"There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read." - G.K. Chesterton
“Prayer is not conquering God’s reluctance, but taking hold of God’s willingness.” - Phillip Brooks
“Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.” - John Bunyon
“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” - John Wayne
“It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.” - Havelock Ellis
“Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God’s gift of himself.” - Mother Teresa |
