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• De. 4:9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do
  not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip
  from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your
  children and to their children after them.

  De. 4:40 Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you
  today, so that it may go well with you and your children after
  you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your
  God gives you for all time.

• De. 25:15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. De. 25:16 For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly. In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter [leads] only to poverty.



• Tit. 3:14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order that they may provide for daily necessities and
  not live unproductive lives.
  
• When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and
  your sleep will be sweet.
  
• Tit. 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all
  men.

  Tit. 2:12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly
  passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in
  this present age,

  Tit. 2:13 while we wait for the blessed hope - the glorious appearing
  of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ,

• Encouragement

  With all the stress of our lives, it is comforting to know that our
  Lord has everything all planned out. We can only see now; He sees
  forever. Although we don't always understand how things come about, we
  can be assured that we have a heavenly Father who has us in the palm of
  His hand.

  "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to
  prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
  Jeremiah 29:11
  

• "You have not given me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Tim. 1:7)
  
  
• "Let Your beauty, O Lord our God, be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands" (Psalm 90:17)
  
  
• A man's life consist not of the abundance of things which he possesses. Luke 12:15
  
  
• And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Hebrews 13:16 NIV
  
  
• Ps. 127:2    In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat, for while they sleep he provides for those he loves.
  
  
• Ph. 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of
  it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining
  towards what is ahead,
  
  Ph. 3:14 I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God
  has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.
  
  Ph. 3:15 All of us who are mature should take such a view of things.
  And if on some point you think differently, that too God will
  make clear to you.
  
  Ph. 3:16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
  
  Ph. 3:17 Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take
  note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you.
  
  Ph. 3:18 For, as I have often told you before and now say again even
  with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
  
  Ph. 3:19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and
  their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.
  
  Ph. 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a
  Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  
  Ph. 3:21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under
  his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will
  be like his glorious body.
  
  Ph. 4:1 Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my
  joy and crown, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord,
  dear friends!
  
  Ph. 4:2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with
  each other in the Lord.
  
  Ph. 4:3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, [Or loyal Syzygus] help
  these women who have contended at my side in the cause of
  the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers,
  whose names are in the book of life.
  
  Ph. 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
  
  Ph. 4:5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
  
  Ph. 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by
  prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests
  to God.
  
  Ph. 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,
  will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
  
  Ph. 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble,
  whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
  whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or
  praiseworthy — think about such things.
  
• "Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work"(2Thes. 2:16-17)Ps. 31:19
  
  
• How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for
  those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on
  those who take refuge in you.

  Ps. 31:20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the
  intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from
  accusing tongues.
  

• Jeremiah, "I know the plans I have for you, declared the Lord,
  "plans to prosper you and not to harm you; Plans to give you a future and a
  hope."
  
  
• Pr. 21:31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory
  rests with the LORD.
  
  
• Ps. 16:5 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you
  have made my lot secure.

  
  Ps. 16:6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
  surely I have a delightful inheritance.

  
  Ps. 16:7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my
  heart instructs me.

  Ps. 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my
  right hand, I shall not be shaken.

  Ps. 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body
  also will rest secure,
  

• Ps. 29:11 The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses
  his people with peace.
  
  
• Ps. 32:7 You are my hiding-place; you will protect me from trouble
  and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
  
  
• Ps. 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I
  will counsel you and watch over you.
  
  
• Ps. 20:4 May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your
  plans succeed.
  
  
  
• Ps. 33:5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of
  his unfailing love.
  
  
• Ps. 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the
  LORD.
  
  
• Ps. 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in
  trouble. Ps. 46:2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the
  mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
  
  
• Ps. 62:1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from
  him.
  
  
• Pr. 18:22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor
  from the LORD.
  
  
• Pr. 22:4 Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor
  and life.
  
  
• Pr. 23:4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to
  show restraint.
  
  
• Pr. 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks
  self-control.
  
  
• Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Eph 4:29
  
  
• Prov 21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes -- Keep sound wisdom and
  discretion;
  
  22 So they will be life to your soul And grace to your neck.
  
  23 Then you will walk safely in your way, And your foot will not stumble.
  
  24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and
  your sleep will be sweet.
  
  25 Do not be afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from the wicked when
  it comes;
  
  
• Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice
  gold; For wisdom [is] better than rubies, And all the things one may desire
  cannot be compared with her.
  
• Ps. 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation — whom shall I
  fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life — of whom
  shall I be afraid?
  
• Ps. 31:19 How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for
  those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on
  those who take refuge in you.
  
• Ps. 31:20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the
  intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from
  accusing tongues.
  
• De. 25:15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so
  that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  De. 25:16 For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these
  things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
  
• In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter [leads] only to poverty.
  
  
• When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked [is] no [more], But the
  righteous [has] an everlasting foundation.
  
  
• The blessing of the LORD makes [one] rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.
  
  
• 1Pe. 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
  
  
• 1Pe. 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls
  around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
  
  
• 1Pe. 5:9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that
  your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same
  kind of sufferings.
  
  
• 1Pe. 5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory
  in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself
  restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
  
  
• Ps. 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard
  my cry.

  Ps. 40:2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he
  set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

  Ps. 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our
  God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
  

• Ps. 36:5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your
  faithfulness to the skies.
  
• Ps. 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
  and he delivers them.
  
• Pr. 2:7 He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to
  those whose walk is blameless,
  
  
• Pr. 2:8 for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of
  his faithful ones.
  
  
• Pr. 2:9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair —
  every good path.
  
  
• Pr. 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be
  pleasant to your soul.
  
  
• Pr. 2:11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard
  you.
  
  
• Pr. 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly
  before you.

  Pr. 4:26 Consider the level paths for your feet and take
  only ways that are firm.
  

• Ec. 4:6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with
  toil and chasing after the wind.

• Pr. 4:10 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life
  will be many.

  Pr. 4:11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight
  paths.

  Pr. 4:12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you
  run, you will not stumble.

  Pr. 4:13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is
  your life.
  

• "You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You,
  Because he trusts in You" (Isaiah 26:3)
  
  
• "Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord" (Psalm 31:24)
  
  
• "Before they call, I will answer" (Isaiah 65:24)
  
  
• 1Pe. 3:3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such
  as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine
  clothes.
  
  
• 1Pe. 3:4 Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading
  beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in
  God’s sight.
  
  
• 1Pe. 3:5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their
  hope in God used to make themselves beautiful.

• Mt. 6:28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of
  the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
  
  Mt. 6:29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was
  dressed like one of these.
  
  Mt. 6:30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here
  today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much
  more clothe you, O you of little faith?
  
  Mt. 6:31 So do not worry, saying, `What shall we eat?’ or `What shall
  we drink?’ or `What shall we wear?’
  
  Mt. 6:32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly
  Father knows that you need them.
  
  Mt. 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these
  things will be given to you as well.
  
  Mt. 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will
  worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
  
  
• Ps. 5:11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing
  for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who
  love your name may rejoice in you.

  Ps. 5:12 For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround
  them with your favor as with a shield.
  

• Ps. 4:7 You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their
  grain and new wine abound.
  
• Ps. 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD,
  make me dwell in safety.
  
• Ps. 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its
  fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he
  does prospers.
  
• Pr. 31:29 “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
  
• Pr. 31:25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the
  days to come.
  
• Pr. 31:26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her
  tongue.
  
• 26 In the fear of the LORD [there is] strong confidence, And His children
  will have a place of refuge.
  
• Ps. 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God
  is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the
  horn [Horn here symbolizes strength.] of my salvation, my
  stronghold.
  
• Better [is] a little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure with
  trouble.
  
• “ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. ” (James 4:10)
  
  
• "Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed: Psalm 57:1NIV
  
  
• "This is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us." 1 John 5:14NIV
  
  
• I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1,2  
  (The way each day will look to you, all starts with who you're looking to.)
  
  
• For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. I Samuel 16:7
  
• Remember, Jesus said,"Come to Me, all who labor and are...over burdened, and I will cause you to rest-I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls"(Matt. 11:28 amplified)
  
• "You are my hiding place, You preserve me from trouble" Psalm 32:7
  
• But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
  James 1:22    (The loudest message you speak is your life.)
  

• It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.  Psalm 118:8  
  "Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment. Trust in money and you may have it taken away from you... but trust in God and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity."  Dwight L. Moody
  

• "Say to those with anxious heart, Take courage, fear not. Behold your God will save you." ISAIAH 35:4
  

• "When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches."
   Psalm 63:6
  
  
• Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it;
  Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain
  Psalm 127:1
  
  
• "People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction." I Timothy 6:9 NIV
  
  
• "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer" Psalm 19:14
  
  
• The Lord will guide you always;...You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Isa 58:11
  
  
• 1Co. 1:8 He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be
  blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  1Co. 1:9 God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus
  Christ our Lord, is faithful.
  
  
• 1Co. 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and
  the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
  
  
• 1Co. 2:9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
  no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who
  love him" - [Isaiah 64:4]
  
  
• 1Co. 3:16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and
  that God's Spirit lives in you?
  
  
• 1Co. 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy
  Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?
  You are not your own;
  
  
• 1Co. 6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your
  body.
  
  
• "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."  (Colossians 3:16,17)
  
  
• The Lord will guide you always;...You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Isa 58:11
  
  
• James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
  
  
• Ja. 1:19 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be
  quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry
  
  
• Ja. 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.
  Do what it says.
  
  
• Ja. 2:15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
  
  
• Ja. 2:16 If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm
  and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what
  good is it?
• Ja. 2:17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by
  action, is dead.
• Ja. 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show
  me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
• Ja. 2:19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons
  believe that and shudder.
• Ja. 2:20 You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without
  deeds is useless?
• Ja. 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it
  by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes
  from wisdom.
• Ja. 3:17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure;
  then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and
  good fruit, impartial and sincere.
• Ja. 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of
  righteousness.
• Ja. 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will
  flee from you.
• Ja. 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.
• Ja. 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• Ja. 4:13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to
  this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and
  make money.”
• Ja. 4:14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.
  What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and
  then vanishes.
• Ja. 4:15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live
  and do this or that.”
• Ja. 4:16 As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil.
• Ja. 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and
  doesn’t do it, sins.
• Pr. 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but
  fools despise wisdom and discipline.
• Pr. 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Pr. 2:11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
• Pr. 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands
  in your heart, 3:2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity.
• Pr. 3:3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around
  your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 3:4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
• Pr. 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 3:6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.
• Pr. 3:7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.
• Pr. 3:9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 3:10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
• Pr. 3:13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,
• 3:14 for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
• 3:15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
• 3:16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and Honor
• 3:17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
• 3:18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.
• Pr. 3:21 My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let
  them out of your sight;
• Pr. 3:24 when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
• Pr. 3:27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.
• Pr. 3:28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow” when you now have it with you.
• Pr. 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
• Pr. 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly
  before you.
  Pr. 4:26 Consider the paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.
• 4:27 Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
• Pr. 5:21 For a man’s ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.
• Pr. 6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
  Pr. 6:7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
  Pr. 6:8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at
  harvest.
  Pr. 6:9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get
  up from your sleep?
  Pr. 6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest
  Pr. 6:11 and poverty will come on you like a vagrant and scarcity like a beggar.
• Pr. 8:12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.
• Pr. 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
• Pr. 8:18 With me are riches and Honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.
• Pr. 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD.
• Pr. 10:4 Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring
  wealth.
• Pr. 10:19 When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his
  tongue is wise.
• Pr. 10:22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no
  trouble to it.
• Pr. 11:25 A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will
  himself be refreshed.
• Pr. 12:4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown
• Pr. 12:11 He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who
  chases fantasies lacks judgment.
• Pr. 12:14 From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as
  surely as the work of his hands rewards him.
• Pr. 12:18 Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the
  wise brings healing.
• Pr. 12:23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart
  of fools blurts out folly.
• Pr. 12:24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
• Pr. 12:25 An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers
  him up.
• Pr. 13:4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the
  diligent are fully satisfied.
• Pr. 13:20 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of
  fools suffers harm.
• Pr. 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children,
  but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
• Pr. 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,
  but the folly of fools is deception.
• Pr. 14:23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to
  poverty.
• Pr. 14:26 He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress, and for his
  children it will be a refuge.
• Pr. 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any
  people.
• Pr. 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath
• Pr. 15:19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path
  of the upright is a highway.
• Pr. 15:32 He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever
  heeds correction gains understanding.
• Pr. 15:33 The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
• Pr. 16:2 All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are
  weighed by the LORD.
• Pr. 16:3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will
  succeed.
• Pr. 16:7 When a man’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes
  even his enemies live at peace with him.
• Pr. 16:9 In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines
  his steps.
• Pr. 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Pr. 16:32 Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his
  temper than one who takes a city.
• Pr. 17:27 A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of
  understanding is even-tempered.
• Pr. 17:28 Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning
  if he holds his tongue.
• Pr. 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run
  to it and are safe.
• Pr. 18:15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge; the ears of
  the wise seek it out.
• Pr. 18:22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor
  from the LORD.
• Pr. 19:2 It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be
  hasty and miss the way.
• Pr. 19:17 He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will
  reward him for what he has done.
• Pr. 19:18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a
  willing party to his death.
• Pr. 19:19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty; if you rescue him,
  you will have to do it again.
• Pr. 19:20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you
  will be wise.
• Pr. 19:21 Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s
  purpose that prevails.
• Pr. 20:1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray
  by them is not wise.
• Pr. 20:3 It is to a man’s Honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick
  to quarrel.
• Pr. 20:4 A sluggard does not plough in season; so at harvest time he
  looks but finds nothing.
• Pr. 20:13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you
  will have food to spare.
• Pr. 20:19 A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too
  much.
• Pr. 20:27 The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being.
• Pr. 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, grey hair the
  splendor of the old.
• Pr. 20:30 Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the
  inmost being.
• Pr. 21:5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads
  to poverty.
• Pr. 21:13 If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry
  out and not be answered.
• Pr. 21:21 He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and Honor
• Pr. 21:23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from
  calamity.
• Pr. 21:30 There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed
  against the LORD.
• Pr. 21:31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory
  rests with the LORD.
• Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
• Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a
  day may bring forth.
• Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone
  else, and not your own lips.
• Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope
  for a fool than for him.
• As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
• A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who
  has discernment sees through him.
• He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in
  wisdom is kept safe.
• He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who
  closes his eyes to them receives many curses.
• A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps
  himself under control.
• The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to
  himself disgraces his mother.
• Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring
  delight to your soul.
• Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in
  the LORD is kept safe.
• Pr. 19:14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent
  wife is from the LORD.
• Pr. 31:6 Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are
  in anguish; Pr. 31:7 let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their
  misery no more.
• Pr. 31:8 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
• Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your
  heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you
  are on earth, so let your words be few.
• It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfil it.
• The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or
  much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep.
• Ec. 5:13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, Ec. 5:14 or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.
• Ec. 5:15 Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, and as he
  comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor. that
  he can carry in his hand.
• Ec. 5:19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work — this is a gift of God.
• Ec. 5:20 He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.
• Ec. 7:10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.
• Ec. 7:11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits
  those who see the sun.
• Ec. 7:12 Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor.
• Ec. 8:11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.
• Ec. 9:4 Anyone who is among the living has hope — [Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope] even a live
  dog is better off than a dead lion!
• Ec. 9:7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.
• Ec. 11:6 Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your
  hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed,
  whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.
• Ec. 11:9 Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your
  heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways
  of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for
  all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Ec. 12:7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Ec. 12:13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
• Ec. 12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
  
• Ps. 5: 11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

  Ps. 5:12 For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

• De. 4:9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do
  not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip
  from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your
  children and to their children after them.
• De. 4:31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not
  abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your
  forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.
• De. 4:40 Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you
  today, so that it may go well with you and your children after
  you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your
  God gives you..
• De. 5:33 Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded
  you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days
  in the land that you will possess.
  
  Christian One-Liners:
  
  "Don't let your worries get the
  best of you. Remember, Moses
  started out as a basket case"
  
  Some people are kind, polite,
  and sweet-spirited - until you
  try to sit in their pews.
  
  Many folks want to serve God,
  but only as advisers
  
  It is easier to preach ten
  sermons than it is to live one.
  
  The good Lord didn't create
  anything without a purpose,
  but mosquitoes and
  sand gnats come close.
  
  When you get to your wit's
  end, you'll find God lives there.
  
  People are funny, they want
  the front of the bus, the middle
  of the road, and the back of
  the church.
  
  Opportunity may knock once,
  but temptation bangs on your
  front door forever.
  
  Quit griping about your church;
  if it was perfect, you couldn't belong.
  
  
  If the church wants a better
  pastor, it only needs to pray
  for the one it has.
  
  God Himself does not propose
  to judge a man until he is dead.
  So why should you?
  
  Some minds are like concrete,
  thoroughly mixed up and
  permanently set.
  
  Peace starts with a smile.
  
  I don't know why some people
  change churches; what
  difference does it make which
  one you stay home from?
  
  A lot of church members
  who are singing "Standing
  on the Promises" are just
  sitting on the premises.
  
  We were called to be witnesses,
  not lawyers or judges
  
  Be ye fishers of men.
  You catch them - He'll clean them.
  
  Coincidence is when God
  chooses to remain anonymous.
  
  Don't put a question mark
  where God put a period.
  
  Don't wait for 6 strong men
  to take you to church.
  
  Forbidden fruits create many jams .
  
  God doesn't call the qualified,
  He qualifies the called.
  
  God grades on the cross,
  not the curve.
  
  God loves everyone, but
  probably prefers "fruits of the spirit"
  over "religious nuts!"
  
  God promises a safe landing,
  not a calm passage.
  
  He who angers you, controls you!
  
  If God is your Copilot - swap seats!
  
  Prayer: Don't give God
  instructions -- just report for duty!
  
  The task ahead of us is never
  as great as the Power behind us.
  
  The Will of God will never
  take you to where the Grace
  of God will not protect you.
  
  We don't change the message,
  the message changes us.
  
  You can tell how big a person
  is by what it takes to .
  discourage him.
  
  The best mathematical
  equation I have ever seen:
  1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given.
  
  "Dear Father: Bless the person reading
  this in whatever it is that You know they need."
  Amen!
  
  
• DECIDE to:
  
  1. Wake Up !!
  Decide to have a good day.
  "Today is the day the Lord hath made;
  let us rejoice and be glad in it."
  Psalms 118:24

  2. Dress Up !!
  The best way to dress up is to put on a smile.
  A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
  "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.
  Man looks at outward appearance;
  but the Lord looks at the heart."
  I Samuel 16:7

  3. Hush Up!!
  Say nice things and learn to listen.
  God gave us two ears and one mouth, so He must have meant
  for us to do twice as much listening as talking.
  "He who guards his lips guards his soul."
  Proverbs 13:3

  4. Stand Up!!...
  For what you believe in.
  Stand for something or you will fall for anything.
  "Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time,
  we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good..."
  Galatians 6:9-10

  5. Look Up !!...
  To the Lord.
  "I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me."
  Philippians 4:13

  6. Reach Up !!...
  For something higher.
  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
  and lean not unto your own understanding.
  In all your ways, acknowledge Him,
  and He will direct your path."
  Proverbs 3:5-6

  7. Lift Up !!...
  Your Prayers.
  "Do not worry about anything;
  instead PRAY ABOUT
  EVERYTHING."
  Philippians 4:6

• You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has with his wife now
  having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales.

  This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life" author, and pastor of SaddlebackChurchin California.

  In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:

  People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell,
  life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God
  wants us to be with Him in Heaven.

  One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body--but
  not the end of me.

  I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions
  years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal of God
  wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were
  made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to
  make sense.

  Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming
  out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.

  The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than
  your comfort.

  God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your
  life happy.

  We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life.
  The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.

  This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest,
  with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

  I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark
  time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that
  anymore.

  Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like
  two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and
  something bad in your life.

  No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad
  that needs to be worked on.

  And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something
  good for which you can thank God.

  You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.

  If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, "which
  is my problem, my issues, my pain."

  But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off
  yourself and onto God and others.

  We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands
  of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.

  It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her
  character, given her a minis try of helping other people, given her a
  testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.

  You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually,
  sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past
  year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me
  instantly very wealthy.

  It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.

  So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety
  and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what
  to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.

  First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our
  lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.

  Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the
  church.

  Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan
  to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and
  educate the next generation.

  Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I
  started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to
  serve God for free.

  We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?

  Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism?

  Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?

  When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if
  I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You
  better.

  God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more
  interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human
  beings, not human doings.

  Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
  Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
  Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
  Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
  Every moment, THANK GOD
  
  

• THE SPOONS
  
  A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord,
  I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.
  
  "The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the
  holy man looked in.
  
  In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the
  table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy
  man's mouth water.
  
  The people sitting around the table ere thin and sickly. They appeared to
  be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were
  strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of
  stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their
  arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man
  shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, "You
  have seen Hell." They went to the next room and opened the door It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and
  plump, laughing and talking.
  
  The holy man said, "I don't understand. "It is simple" said the Lord, "it requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other. While the greedy think only of themselves.
  
  "A friend is someone who reaches for your hand, and touches your heart."
  "People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't
  need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be
  there...."
  
  "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of
  battle."

• 
  
  Subject: Fwd: Why We MUST WIN!!!
  Americans need to wake up to what is happening instead of refusing to recognize the danger to our way of life. It's real and it's not going away unless we win.

  
  THE WAR

  Please take the time to read the attached essay by Dr. Chong. It is without
  a doubt the most articulate and convincing writing I have read regarding
  the War in Iraq. If you have any doubts please open your mind to his essay
  and give it a fair evaluation.

  I had no idea who Dr. Chong is or the source of these thoughts... so when I
  received them, I almost deleted them - as well-written as they are. But
  then I did a "Google search" on the Doctor and found him to be a retired
  Air Force Surgeon of all things and past Commander of Wilford Hall Medical
  Center in San Antonio. So he is real, is connected to Veterans
  affairs in California, and these are his thoughts. They are worth reading
  and thinking about! (the same Google search will direct you to some of his
  other thought-provoking writings.) Subject: Muslims, terrorist and the USA.
  A different spin on Iraq war.

  This WAR is for REAL! Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired
  Tuesday, July 12, 2005

  To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is
  now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we
  have faced in your lifetime and mine (which includes WWII). The deadly
  seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us
  who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who
  realize what losing really means.

  First, let's examine a few basics:

  1. When did the threat to us start? Many will say September 11, 2001. The
  answer as far as the United State is concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to
  September 2001, with the following attacks on us:

  * Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
  * Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
  * Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
  * Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
  * First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
  * Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
  * Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;
  * Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
  * Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
  * New York World Trade Center 2001;
  * Pentagon 2001.
  (Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist
  attacks worldwide).

  2. Why were we attacked?

  Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened
  during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton
  and Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as there
  were no provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate
  predecessors, Presidents Ford or Carter.

  3. Who were the attackers?

  In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims.

  4. What is the Muslim population of the World?

  25%.

  5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful?

  Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the
  predominately Christian population of Germany was peaceful, but under the
  dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was also Christian), that made no
  difference. You either went along with the administration or you were
  eliminated. There were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for
  political reasons (including 7,000 Polish priests). (see
  http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.html )

  Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as the
  six million holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard of
  anything other than the Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the world
  focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy about killing anyone who got in
  his way of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world - German,
  Christian or any others. Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the
  world on the US, but kill all in the way -- their own people or the
  Spanish, French or anyone else. The point here is that just like the
  peaceful Germans were of no protection to anyone from the Nazis, no matter
  how many peaceful Muslims there may be, they are no protection for us from
  the terrorist Muslim leaders and what they are fanatically bent on
  oing -- by their own pronouncements -- killing all of us "infidels." I
  don't blame the peaceful Muslims. What would you do if the choice was shut
  up or die?

  6. So who are we at war with?

  There is no way we can honestly respond that it is anyone other than the
  Muslim terrorists. Trying to be politically correct and avoid verbalizing
  this conclusion can well be fatal. There is no way to win if you don't
  clearly recognize and articulate who you are fighting.

  So with that background, now to the two major questions:

  1. Can we lose this war?
  2. What does losing really mean?

  If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions. We
  can definitely lose this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the major
  reason we can lose is that so many of us simply do not fathom the answer to
  the second question - What does losing mean?

  It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means
  hanging our heads, bringing the troops home and going on about our
  business, like post Vietnam. This is as far from the truth as one can get.

  What losing really means is:

  We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will
  not subside, but rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want us
  dead, not just quiet. If they had just wanted us quiet, they would not have
  produced an increasing series of attacks against us, over the past 18 years.
  The plan was clearly, for terrorist to attack us, until we were
  neutered and submissive to them.

  We would of course have no future support from other nations, for fear of
  reprisals and for the reason that they would see, we are impotent and cannot
  help them.

  They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations, one at a time. It will be
  increasingly easier for them. They already hold Spain hostage. It doesn't
  matter whether it was right or wrong for Spain to withdraw its troops from
  Iraq. Spain did it because the Muslim terrorists bombed their train and
  told them to withdraw the troops. Anything else they want Spain to do will
  be done. Spain is finished.

  The next will probably be France. Our one hope on France is that they might
  see the light and realize that if we don't win, they are finished too, in
  that they can't resist the Muslim terrorists without us. However, it may
  already be too late for France. France is already 20% Muslim and fading
  fast! (NOTE--this was written before France reneged on its offer to lead
  the UN forces in Southern Lebanon)

  If we lose the war, our production, income, exports and way of life will all
  vanish as we know it. After losing, who would trade or deal with us, if
  they were threatened by the Muslims. If we can't stop the Muslims, how
  could anyone else?

  The Muslims fully know what is riding on this war, and therefore are
  completely committed to winning, at any cost. We better know it too and be
  likewise committed to winning at any cost.

  Why do I go on at such lengths about the results of losing? Simple. Until
  we recognize the costs of losing, we cannot unite and really put 100% of
  our thoughts and efforts into winning. And it is going to take that 100%
  effort to win.

  So, how can we lose the war?

  Again, the answer is simple. We can lose the war by "imploding." That is,
  defeating ourselves by refusing to recognize the enemy and their purpose,
  and really digging in and lending full support to the war effort If we are
  united, there is no way that we can lose. If we continue to be divided,
  there is no way that we can win!

  Let me give you a few examples of how we simply don't comprehend the life
  and death seriousness of this situation.

  President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation.
  Although all of the terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men between
  17 and 40 years of age, Secretary Mineta refuses to allow profiling. Does
  that sound like we are taking this thing seriously? This is war! For the
  duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights we have
  become accustomed to. We had better be prepared to lose some of our civil
  rights temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them permanently.

  And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of civil
  rights during WWII, and immediately restored them after the victory and in
  fact added many more since then.

  Do I blame President Bush or President Clinton before him?

  No, I blame us for blithely assuming we can maintain all of our Political
  Correctness, and all of our civil rights during this conflict and have a
  clean, lawful, honorable war. None of those words apply to war. Get them
  out of your head.

  Some have gone so far in their criticism of the war and/or the
  Administration that it almost seems they would literally like to see us
  lose. I hasten to add that this isn't because they are disloyal. It is
  because they just don't recognize what losing means. Nevertheless, that
  conduct gives the impression to the enemy that we are divided and
  weakening. It concerns our friends, and it does great damage to our cause.

  Of more recent vintage, the uproar fueled by the politicians and media
  regarding the treatment of some prisoners of war, perhaps exemplifies best
  what I am saying. We have recently had an issue, involving the treatment of
  a few Muslim prisoners of war, by a small group of our military police.
  These are the type prisoners who just a few months ago were throwing their
  own people off buildings, cutting off their hands, cutting out their
  tongues and otherwise murdering their own people just
  for disagreeing with Saddam Hussein. And just a few years ago these same
  type prisoners chemically killed 400,000 of their own people for the same
  reason. They are also the same type of enemy fighters, who recently were
  burning Americans, and dragging their charred corpses through the streets
  of Iraq.

  And still more recently, the same type of enemy that was and is providing
  videos to all news sources internationally, of the beheading of American
  prisoners they held.

  Compare this with some of our press and politicians, who for several days
  have thought and talked about nothing else but the "humiliating" of some
  Muslim prisoners -- not burning them, not dragging their charred corpses
  through the streets, not beheading them, but "humiliating" them.

  Can this be for real?

  The politicians and pundits have even talked of impeachment of the Secretary
  of Defense. If this doesn't show the complete lack of comprehension and
  understanding of the seriousness of the enemy we are fighting, the life and
  death struggle we are in and the disastrous results of losing this war,
  nothing can. To bring our country to a virtual political standstill over
  this prisoner issue makes us look like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome
  burned -- totally oblivious to what is going on in the real world. Neither
  we, nor any other country, can survive this internal strife. Again I say,
  this does not mean that some of our politicians or media people are
  disloyal. It simply means that they are absolutely oblivious to the
  magnitude of the situation we are in and into which the Muslim terrorists
  have been pushing us, for many years.

  Remember, the Muslim terrorists stated goal is to kill all infidels! That
  translates into ALL non-Muslims -- not just in the United State, but
  throughout the world.

  We are the last bastion of defense. We have been criticized for many years
  as being 'arrogant.' That charge is valid in at least one respect. We are
  arrogant in that we believe that we are so good, powerful and smart, that
  we can win the hearts and minds of all those who attack us, and that with
  both hands tied behind our back, we can defeat anything bad in the world!

  We can't!

  If we don't recognize this, our nation as we know it will not survive, and
  no other free country in the world will survive if we are defeated.

  And finally, name any Muslim countries throughout the world that allow
  freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of the
  press, equal rights for anyone -- let alone everyone, equal status or any
  status for women, or that have been productive in one single way that
  contributes to the good of the world.

  This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war or we
  will be equated in the history books to the self-inflicted fall of the Roman
  Empire . If, that is, the Muslim leaders will allow history books to be
  written or read.

  If we don't win this war right now, keep a close eye on how the Muslims
  take over France in the next 5 years or less. They will continue to
  increase the Muslim population of France and continue to encroach little by
  little, on the established French traditions. The French will be fighting
  among themselves, over what should or should not be done, which will
  continue to weaken them and keep them from any united resolve. Doesn't that
  sound eerily familiar?

  Democracies don't have their freedoms taken away from them by some external
  military force. Instead, they give their freedoms away, politically correct
  piece by politically correct piece.

  And they are giving those freedoms away to those who have shown, worldwide
  that they abhor freedom and will not apply it to you or even to themselves,
  once they are in power.

  They have universally shown that when they have taken over, they then start
  brutally killing each other over who will be the few who control the masses.
  Will we ever stop hearing from the politically correct, about the "peaceful
  Muslims"?

  I close on a hopeful note, by repeating what I said above. If we are united,
  there is no way that we can lose. I hope now after the election, the
  factions in our country will begin to focus on the critical situation we
  are in, and will unite to save our country. It is your future we are
  talking about! Do whatever you can to preserve it.

  After reading the above, we all must do this not only for ourselves, but
  our children, our grandchildren, our country and the world Whether Democrat
  or Republican, conservative or liberal and that include the Politicians and
  media of our country and the free world!

  Please forward this to any you feel may want, or NEED to read it. Our
  "leaders" in Congress ought to read it, too. There are those that find
  fault with our country, but it is obvious to anyone who truly thinks
  through this, that we must UNITE!

  If you would like to see who this fellow is go to this Air Force web sight
  and look him up. http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5000
  
  

Andrew Carnegie                        top

1. As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie
   
   
2. Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
   Andrew Carnegie
   
   
3. Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration. Andrew Carnegie
   
   
4. The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
   Andrew Carnegie
   
   
5. There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself. Andrew Carnegie
   
   
6. Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. Dale Carnegie
   
   
7. Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. Dale Carnegie
   
   
8. People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. Dale Carnegie
   
   
9. Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, and know the most about it. Andrew Carnegie
   
   
10. No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. Andrew Carnegie
    
    
11. If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. Dale Carnegie
    
    
12. Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date. Dale Carnegie
    
    
13. Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. Dale Carnegie
    
    
14. When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. Dale Carnegie
    
    
15. You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.   Dale Carnegie
    
    
16. Pay attention to what people DO, not what they say they are going to do.
    
    
17. “Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.” Andrew Carnegie
    
    
18. “Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!” Andrew Carnegie
19. Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. Andrew Carnegie
    
    
20. No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. Andrew Carnegie
    

Winston Churchill                        top

1. Never, never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill
   
   
2. Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Sir Winston Churchill
   
   
3. The price of greatness is responsibility. Sir Winston Churchill
   
   
4. "Difficulties mastered are opportunities won" Winston Churchill
   
   
5. "When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened" Winston Churchill
   
   
6. Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. Winston Churchill
   
   
7. However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. Winston Churchill
   
   
8. "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." Winston Churchill

Calvin Coolidge                                  top

1. "We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen."
   
   
2. "There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal." Democracy
   
   
3. "The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct."
   
   
4. "The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."
   
   
5. "Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country."
   
   
6. "No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist."
   
   
7. "Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws."
   
   
8. "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."
   
   
9. "It takes a great man to be a good listener."
   
   
10. "It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow."
    
    
11. "If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you."
    
    
12. "If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it."
    
    
13. Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
    Calvin Coolidge
    
    
14. In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
    Calvin Coolidge
    
    
15. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
16. Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
    Calvin Coolidge, speech, June 11, 1928
    
    
17. All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
    Calvin Coolidge
    
    
18. We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
19. "Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." Calvin Coolidge
    
    
20. I have never been hurt by what I have not said. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
21. Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you." Calvin Coolidge
    
    
22. To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
23. The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
24. "You can't know too much, but you can say too much."  Calvin Coolidge
    
    
25. "Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance."
    Calvin Coolidge
    
    
26. "Industry, thrift, and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character."  Calvin Coolidge
    
    
27. "It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love."  Calvin Coolidge
    
    
28. "Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is part of an unending plan." Calvin Coolidge
    
    
29. "The foundation of our society and our government rests so much on the teaching of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country."  Calvin Coolidge
    
    
30. There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
31. Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn't appear to belong to anyone. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
32. We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
33. We have lost our reverence for the profession of teaching and bestowed it upon the profession of acquiring. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
34. It takes a great man to be a good listener. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
35. No man ever listened himself out of a job. Calvin Coolidge
    
    
36. I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can`t be done.  Calvin Coolidge
    
    
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Diet & Exercise                          top

1. "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."
   
   
2. What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving? Erma Bombeck
   
   
3. "I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks" Joe Lewis
   
   
4. "A diet is a selection of food that makes other people lose weight" Anonymous
   
   
5. "Americans have more food to eat than any other people and more diets to keep them from eating it" Anonymous
   
   
6. "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets" Anonymous
   
   
7. To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy meals. Benjamin Franklin
   
   
8. The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it. Andy Rooney
   
   
9. Old people shouldn't eat health food. They need all the preservatives they can get. Robert Orben
   
   
10. You do live longer with bran but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet. Alan King
    
    
11. You can't lose weight without exercise. But I've got a philosophy about exercise. I don't think you should punish your legs for something your mouth did. Gwen Owen
    
    
12. "Food is an important part of a balanced diet." -- Fran Lebowitz
    
    
13. "A moment on the lips can be a lifetime on the hips." Sal Simeon
    
    
14. Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.-Charles Dickens
    
    
15. Fifty years ago people finished a days work and needed rest. Today they need exercise. - Unknown
    
    
16. You can't lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut! - Unknown
    
    
17. More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society
    
    
18. Eat... to live, and do not live to eat. William Penn, 1693
    
    
19. Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. Peter De Vries
    
    
20. We rarely repent of having eaten too little. Thomas Jefferson
    
    
21. My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. Orson Welles
    
    
22. If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner. H.S. Leigh
    
    
23. "The best portion of high-calorie foods is the smallest one. The best portion of vegetables is the largest one. Period."
    
    
24. "I'll ride the wave. My cravings will disappear after 10 minutes if I turn my attention elsewhere."
    
    
25. "I want to be around to see my grandchildren, so I can forgo a cookie now."
    
    
26. "I am a work in progress."
    
    
27. "It's more stressful to continue being fat than to stop overeating."
    
    
28. What Mistakes Could I Be Making without Realizing It? Skipping meals.
    
    
29. Many healthy eaters "diet by day and binge by night."
    
    
30. Don't "graze" yourself fat. You can easily munch 600 calories of pretzels or cereal without realizing it.
    
    
31. Eating pasta like crazy. A serving of pasta is 1 cup, but some people routinely eat 4 cups.
    
    
32. Eating supersize bagels of 400 to 500 calories for snacks.
    
    
33. Nuts are healthy but dense with calories. Put those bowls away, and use nuts as a garnish instead of a snack.
    
    
34. Dieting
    

Albert Einstein                                  top

1. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein
   
   
2. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" Albert Einstein
   
   
3. "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
   Albert Einstein
   
   
4. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems
   longer. Albert Einstein
   
   
5. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Thomas Alva Edison                      top

1. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison
   
   
2. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Alva Edison
   
   
3. I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.  Thomas A. Edison
   
   
4. "I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward." Thomas Alva Edison

Ralph Waldo Emerson                       top

1. "Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your promotion." Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
   
2. "You and I can never do a kindness too soon, for we never know how soon it will be too late." Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
   
3. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
   
4. Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed. Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
   
5. "Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying."
   Ralph Waldo Emerson

Father Daughter Talk

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and she was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican,
a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that in which she
had participated and on the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth, and she indicated so to her father.

He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is you friend Audrey doing?" She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she has a hang over."

Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 30 GPA, and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

Henry Ford                                       top

1. It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. Henry Ford
2. Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford (1863-1947)
3. One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. Henry Ford
4. A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
   Henry Ford
5. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. Henry Ford
6. Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford
7. Don't find fault, find a remedy. Henry Ford
8. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Henry Ford
9. If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Henry Ford
10. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.
    Henry Ford
11. It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. Henry Ford
12. My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. Henry Ford
13. Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford
14. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford
15. One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. Henry Ford
16. Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. Henry Ford
17. There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. Henry Ford
18. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. Henry Ford
19. Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. Henry Ford
20. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford
21. Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
    Henry Ford
22. You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford
23. "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
24. "Don't find a fault. Find a remedy." Henry Ford
25. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. Henry Ford
26. Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich. Henry Ford
    
    

Benjamin Franklin                                   top

1. Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. Benjamin Franklin
2. Diligence is the mother of good luck. Benjamin Franklin
3. Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. Benjamin Franklin
4. I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. Benjamin Franklin
5. If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
   Benjamin Franklin
6. If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
   Benjamin Franklin
7. He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner. Benjamin Franklin
8. If you would be loved, love and be lovable. Benjamin Franklin
9. In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. Benjamin Franklin
10. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
    Benjamin Franklin
11. Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
    Benjamin Franklin
12. Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
    Benjamin Franklin
13. Have you something to do tomorrow; do it to-day. Benjamin Franklin
14. Plough deep while sluggards sleep. Benjamin Franklin
15. The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. Benjamin Franklin
16. There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. Benjamin Franklin
17. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?"  Benjamin Franklin, To Colleagues at the Constitutional Convention
18. He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else. Ben Franklin
19. Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is .Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richards Almanac, 1749
20. How many observe Christ's birth-day! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments. Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1743
21. Work as if you were to live 100 Years, Pray as if you were to die Tomorrow.  Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1757
22. By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.  Benjamin Franklin
23. You may delay, but time will not.  Benjamin Franklin
24. "Well done is better than well said."  Benjamin Franklin
25. "To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions."  Benjamin Franklin
26. The sleeping fox catches no poultry.  Benjamin Franklin
27. Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.   Benjamin Franklin
28. Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
    Benjamin Franklin
    

Napoleon Hill                                    top

1. "If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self." Napoleon Hill
2. "Before success comes in any man's life he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps, some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do." Napoleon Hill
3. "No man is ever whipped, until he quits -- in his own mind." Napoleon Hill
4. "Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel." Napoleon Hill
5. Do not wait; the time will never be "just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. Napoleon Hill
6. Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. Napoleon Hill
7. "The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses." Napoleon Hill
8. Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.  Napoleon Hill
9. "The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail." Napoleon Hill
10. "Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting." Napoleon Hill
11. "Reduce your plan to writing... The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire." Napoleon Hill
12. Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved. Napoleon Hill

Author Unknown                                 top

1. Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.
2. Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
3. Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it.
4. Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.
5. If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
6. The race is not always to the swift,  but to those who keep on running.
7. Don't wait for your ship to come in.  Row out to meet it.
8. The secret is to become wise before you get old.
9. First comes the vision then the provision.
10. Encourage those who look up to you.
11. A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.
12. Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold, but so does a hard-boiled egg.
13. "Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?"
14. "Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope"
15. Make your optimism come true.
16. I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.
17. Tomorrow is waiting to hear what you say today.
18. The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
19. The display of status symbols is usually a result of low self-esteem. The self-confident person can afford to project a modest image.
20. God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them.
21. Spectacular achievements are always preceded by unspectacular preparation.
22. Tack: The ability to describe others as they see themselves.
23. You can make radical changes with minute steps.
24. You can change what you are and where you are going by changing what goes into your mind.
25. Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.
26. We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
27. Self-reliance is the greatest gift a parent can give a child.
28. "A good exercise for the heart is bending down and helping someone to get up."
29. A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.
30. Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

1. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.  Abraham Lincoln
2. The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves. Abraham Lincoln
3. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. Abraham Lincoln
4. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln
5. Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
6. The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
   Abraham Lincoln
7. Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln
8. Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side. Abraham Lincoln
9. I may walk slowly, but I never walk backward. Abraham Lincoln
10. "You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was." Abraham Lincoln
11. I do the very best I know how. The very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. Abraham Lincoln
12. My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln
13. "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." Abraham Lincoln
    

Vince Lombardi                                     top

1. The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. Vince Lombardi
2. "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." Vincent T. Lombardi

Others                                            top

1. You always pass failure on the way to success. Mickey Rooney
2. There is no future in any job.  The future lies in the man who holds the job.  George Crane
3. The harder you work, the luckier you get.  Gary Player
4. "I can promise you that the challenges you'll meet on the road to success are far less difficult to deal with than the struggles and the disappointments that come from being average." Jim Rohn
5. A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her. David Brinkley
6. All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller , M.D.
7. We will either find a way, or make one. Hannibal
8. "The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose." E.M. Gray
9. The Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price. Vince Lombardi
10. "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." William Bryan
11. Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. Henry J. Kaiser
12. "Achievement is connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." Conrad Hilton
13. "To be accounted trustworthy, a person must be predictable. When you manage your life and all the little decisions by one guideline--the Golden Rule--you create an ethical predictability in your life. People will have confidence in you, knowing that you consistently do the right thing.
    John C. Maxwell
14. He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche
15. "To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity." Donald A. Adams
16. "Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character." Henry Clay
17. "I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work." Lee Iacocca
18. "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved." Helen Keller
19. "If you don't have a plan (goals) for what you want, then you will probably find yourself buying into someone else's plan and later find out that wasn't the direction you wanted to go. You've got to be the architect of your life." Jim Rohn
20. "Now is the time to fix the next ten years." Jim Rohn
21. "Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character. Hugh B. Brown
22. "In matters of style swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson
23. What does not kill me makes me stronger. Johann Von Goethe
24. Experience teaches only the teachable. Aldous Huxley
25. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." Ann Landers
26. I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
27. "What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. C.S. Lewis
28. Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal. Elbert Hubbard
29. You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings. Pearl Buck
30. Some folks make you feel at home. Others make you wish you were. Arnold Glasgow
31. "A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the man's power to govern or his forced servility to yield."
    David O. MacKay
32. "There is a spiritual strength derived from the subjecting of the physical appetite to the will of the individual. "He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than king." If there were no other virtues in fasting but gaining strength of character, that alone would be sufficient justification for its universal acceptance." David O. MacKay
33. I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond. John D. Rockefeller, IV
34. "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
35. The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner
36. Success doesn't come to you…you go to it. Marva Collins
37. Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. Earl Nightingale
38. Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the 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
39. "No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." Charles Kendall Adams
40. "History records the successes of men with objectives and a sense of direction. Oblivion is the position of small men overwhelmed by obstacles." William Danforth
41. "Somehow I can't believe there are many heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret can be summarized in four C's. They are: curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of these is confidence." Walt Disney
42. You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems. Mark Hansen
43. "Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish." Brian Tracy
44. "Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it." Jim Rohn
45. "I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything." John D. Rockefeller
46. "Never mistake activity for achievement." John Wooden
47. "A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It's easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change." Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
48. "Hoping and dreaming of a better world are not enough if we are unwilling to work; but when we work towards our dreams, wonderful things can happen." Lloyd Newell
49. "The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests." Epictetus
50. "All successful employers are stalking people who will do the unusual, people who think, people who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them." Charles M. Schwab                  top
51. "Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." Norman Vincent Peale
52. Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do. Elbert Hubbard
53. Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed." Wayne Dyer
54. "While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions." Stephen R. Covey
55. Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. Doug Larson
56. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. David Jordan
57. The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them.  Denis Waitley
58. This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything. Scott Reed
59. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles. Alex Karras
60. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. Les Brown
61. Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life. Harvey Mackay
62. Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson
63. The heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
64. Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur
65. To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.  Michael Hanson
66. Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. William Menninger
67. Good intentions speak, but love acts. Don Parvin
68. To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.  Bernard Edmonds
69. To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.  Bunker Hunt
70. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. Colin Powell
71. No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself. Denis Waitley
72. Men who do things without being told draw the most wages. Edwin Stuart
73. Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow. Doug Firebaugh
74. One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time. John Wanamaker
75. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. Helen Keller
76. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Lee Iacocca
77. Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. Lowell Thomas
78. The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner
79. The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. Casson
80. The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort. Oliver W. Holmes
81. It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect to harvest a valuable crop in the second half. Percy H. Johnston
82. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. Gail Devers
83. Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it.
84. It is never too late to be what you might have been.  George Eliot
85. "We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective." General Dwight David Eisenhower
86. "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
87. "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." Robert F. Kennedy
88. I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.  Henry David Thoreau
89. Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.  James Allen
90. Those who say it can't be done should get out of the way of those who are doing it. Joel Arthur Barker
91. Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.  Madeleine L'Engle
92. The future depends on what we do in the present.  Mahatma Gandhi
93. Failure is success if we learn from it.  Malcolm S. Forbes
94. Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life." James Allen
95. "It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest men. When you see 20 or 30 men line up for a distance race in some meet, don't pity them, don't feel sorry for them. Better envy them instead." Brutus Hamilton
96. Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. Walter Elliott
97. "To discipline ourselves through fasting brings us in tune with God, and fast day provides an occasion to set aside the temporal so that we might enjoy the higher qualities of the spiritual. As we fast on that day we learn and better understand the needs of those who are less fortunate." Howard W. Hunter
98. "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments." Jim Rohn
99. "The ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not." Elbert Hubbard
100. "The first and the best victory is to conquer self." Plato        top
101. "First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you." Rob Gilbert
102. "No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character." John S. Bonnell
103. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
104. He that would have the fruit must climb the tree. Thomas Fuller , M.D.
105. When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. Alexander Graham Bell
106. It takes, not nine months, but sixty years to make a man. Andre Malraux
107. If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock. Claude McDonald
108. Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby. George Bernard Shaw
109. Wisdom is knowledge tempered with judgment. Lord Ritchie Calder
110. "You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life." Dr. James G. Bilkey
111. "It is often hard to distinguish between the hard knocks in life and those of opportunity." Frederick Philipse
112. "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Lucius Annaeus Seneca
113. A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. Patricia Neal
114. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James
115. It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. James Gordon, M.D.
116. Ignorance can be fixed, Stupid is forever.  Don Wood
117. Democracy stops at the mailbox. Chuck Higgins
118. You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. Beverly Sills
119. I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby
120. Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. John Keats
121. Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett
122. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay
123. The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one. Ellen Hubbard
124. There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back. Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister
125. "Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things." Lawrence Bell
126. "The time is always right to do what is right." Martin Luther King Jr.
127. "Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right, decide on what you think is right and stick to it." George Eliot
128. "When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first." Josiah Quincy
129. "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination." Tommy Lasorda
130. "Each problem has hidden in an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity." Joseph Sugarman
131. "Opportunities? They are all around us…there is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it." Orison Marden
132. "Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises." Demosthenes
133. Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity. H. J. Brown Jr.
134. Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor. HJ Brown
135. Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. James F. Byrnes
136. "Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door." Kyle Chandler
137. "One ship drives east, and another west
     With the self-same winds that blow:
     'Tis the set of the sails
     And not the gales,
     Which decides the way we go.
     Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate,
     As they voyage along through life;
     'Tis the will of the soul
     That decides its goal,
     And not the calm or the strife."
     Ella Wheeler Wilcox
138. "The right man is the one who seizes the moment." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
139. "Your big opportunity may be right where you are now." Napoleon Hill
140. "Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage." Victor Kiam
141. What matters is not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.  Coach Bear Bryant
142. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright
143. There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
     General Douglas MacArthur
144. The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity. Richard M. Nixon
145. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Sir Francis Bacon
146. The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. Herbert Spencer
147. The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing. R. D. Hitchcock
148. "In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential." Richard G. Scott
149. "We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom." Michel de Montaigne
150. When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D.Roosevelt                        top
151. Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Newt Gingrich
152. People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. G.B. Shaw
153. Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down. Charles F. Kettering
154. With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. Thomas Foxwell Buxton
155. Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. William James
156. Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. Earl Nightingale
157. Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. William Feather
158. An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. Arnold Glasow
159. Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. Brendan Francis
160. Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall
161. There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. Mignon McLaughlin
162. Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold, but so does a hard-boiled egg. Unknown
163. If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. Henry J. Kaiser
164. I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act. G.K. Chesterton
165. Action is the antidote to despair. Joan Baez
166. The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. Vance Havner
167. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin
168. Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve. Tehyi Hsieh
169. Men expect too much, do too little. Allen Tate
170. All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them. William F. Halsey
171. People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. Lewis Cass
172. If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.  Mary Engelbreit
173. Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.  Aldous Huxley
174. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
175. Your Wheel of Fortune is not a game of chance. It is a game of choice. You will spend your life by the choices you make. Denis Waitley
176. "Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life." Harvey Mackay
177. "This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything." Scott Reed
178. "People with goals succeed because they know where they're going." Earl Nightingale
179. "Until input (thought) is linked to a goal (purpose) there can be no intelligent accomplishment." Paul G. Thomas
180. "Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination." Fitzhugh Dodson
181. "Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there." Samuel Insull
182. We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking only to learn that it is God shaking them. Charles West
183. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost
184. "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." Epictetus
185. "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else." Yogi Berra
186. "It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world." Og Mandino
187. "Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success." Stephen A. Brennan
188. "If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings." Brian Tracy
189. "It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal." Helen Keller
190. "Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
191. "From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached." Franz Kafka
192. "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hungt
193. "Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets." Nido Qubein
194. "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson
195. "My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out." Ronald Reagan
196. "Having an exciting destination is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point-its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms." Daniel Boone
197. "By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be." Mark Victor Hansen
198. "Keep your eye on eternal goals." John H. Groberg
199. "Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road." Dag Hammarskjöld
200. "There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it." Napoleon Hill                  top
201. "Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will see farther." Orison Swett Marden
202. "Do not let the future be held hostage by the past." Neal A. Maxwell
203. Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. James Conant
204. Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Steven
205. I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying. Tom Hopkins
206. Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else. Tom Peters
207. "Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results." Brian Tracy
208. "No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined." Harry Emerson Fosdick
209. "The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline." Bum Phillips
210. Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. Bertrand Russell
211. "We all need lots of powerful long-range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles. Jim Rohn
212. "You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch fish unless you put your line in the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try." Kathy Seligman
213. "To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you...don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach." W. Clement Stone
214. "If one advances confidently in the direction of his own dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
215. The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. George Eliot
216. The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. John Dewey
217. No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. Mary Kay Ash
218. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. William James
219. What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. Dwight Eisenhower
220. Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold. Maurice Setter
221. We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails. Author Unknown
222. The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. Thomas Carlyle
223. You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.  Woodrow Wilson
224. Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. Alphonse Karr
225. "Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success." Burt Lawlor
226. "A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough." Ronald Reagan
227. If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.  Tom Peters
228. "The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck." Anthony Robbins
229. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. . ." [Ecclesiastes 9:11]
230. In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves. Self-discipline with all of them came first. Harry S. Truman
231. "The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it." Jean Paul
232. "Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world." Lily Tomlin
233. "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." Anon
234. "It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles." Claude M. Bristol
235. "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." Johann von Goethe
236. "The harder you work, the luckier you get." McAlexander
237. Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie
238. Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. Arnold H. Glasow
239. The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. Theodore Roosevelt
240. You can't unscramble eggs.  John Pierpont Morgan
241. The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.  William James
242. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.  Eleanor Roosevelt
243. Consider the postage stamp: Its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.  Josh Billings
244. The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. Edward Phelps
245. Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. Andrew Jackson
246. "Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie
247. Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.
248. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams
249. Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner
250. Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
     Auguste Rodin
251. We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
     Mark Twain
252. Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
253. Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. Richard Bach
254. Life is a long lesson in humility. James M. Barrie
255. Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
     Ralph Waldo Emerson
256. 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
257. Life is half spent before we know what it is. George Herbert
258. Patience is the companion of wisdom. Saint Augustine
259. A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. Herb Caen
260. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
     David Starr Jordan
261. The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Jean Paul
262. Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. Theodore Roosevelt
263. No man was ever wise by chance. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
264. Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennys
265. When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.
     Sara Teasdale
266. All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Henry David Thoreau
267. Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. Conrad Hilton
268. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
269. He didn't know it couldn't be done, so he went ahead and did it.
270. We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do. Dale Carnegie
271. Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. John D. Rockefeller
272. When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Dale Carnegie
273. A successful life is not an easy life. It is built upon strong qualities, sacrifice, endeavor, loyalty, and integrity. Grant D. Brandon
274. Nature gave man two ends, one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most. George R. Kirkpatrick
275. He has achieved success, who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children. Bessie A. Stanley
276. No matter what the level of your ability, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime. James T. McCay
277. I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work. Harry S. Truman
278. You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing. Dale Carnegie
279. Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
     Abraham Lincoln
280. I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work.
     Thomas Edison
281. Every really new idea looks crazy at first. Alfred N. Whitehead
282. Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today. Robert H. Schuller
283. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
284. If you want to test a man's character, give him power.
     Abraham Lincoln
285. Always give more than what's expected of you.
     General George S. Patton
286. Business is more exciting than any game. Lord Beaverbrook
287. "Everything comes to he who waits. Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits." Thomas Alva Edison
288. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. Dale Carnegie
289. We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. Lee Iococca
290. Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
     Roy L Smith
291. Some people see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not. Robert F. Kennedy
292. The secret of success is doing things not merely because they are popular, but because you deeply believe in them. J. Donald Walters
293. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Franklin D. Roosevelt
294. Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. Dale E.Turner
295. When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying that, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return." It became very quiet in the room.
296. A positive attitude is like a fire; unless you continue to add fuel, it goes out. Alexander Lockhart
297. Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius
298. There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. Napoleon Hill
299. I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
300. The good news is that the bad news can be turned into good news when youchange your attitude. Robert H. Schuller
301. Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
302. The obstacles you face are mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach.
303. My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. Winston Churchill
304. I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. Charles Dickens
305. Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching, sing like nobody's listening. live like it's Heaven on Earth. Unknown Author
306. Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. Mary Kay Ash
307. The policy of being too cautious...Is the greatest risk of all.
308. I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. Lee Iacocca
309. You may delay, but time will not. Benjamin Franklin
310. When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. Leo Burnett
311. Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
     John Wooden
312. Remember your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows, live your todays.
313. Three Rules Of Work: 1) Out of clutter find simplicity. 2) From Discord make harmony. 3) In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
     Albert Einstein
314. Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley. James Rogers
315. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson
316. Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. Caryn Leschen
317. No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
318. Do not do what you would undo if caught. Leah Arendt
319. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket. Will Rogers
320. There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love, there is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. Wayne Dyer
321. You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. Galileo
322. A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion.
323. When one person hesitates because of fear or because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
324. The person who wins may have been counted out several times, but didn't hear the referee.
325. Great souls have wills; feeble ones only have wishes.
326. Never miss a good opportunity to keep your mouth shut. Will Rogers
327. When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us. Alexander Graham Bell
328. Twenty years from now you will be disappointed by things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain      top
329. We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. John F. Kennedy
330. You always have enough time if you will but use it wisely.
331. Your dilemma goes deeper than having a shortage of time, it's basically a problem of priorities.
332. Most people leave undone those things that should be done, while they do things that they shouldn't be doing.
333. A major part of successful living lies in your ability to put first things first.
334. Most major goals are not achieved because people put second things first.
335. Is what you're doing getting you closer to your objectives?
336. Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time.
337. Don't serve time, make time serve you.
     
338. The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success.
     
339. People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When
     someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to
     provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
     
     Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually
     give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.
     
     LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to
     accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is
     blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
     
     Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.
     
     
     
340. Old Farmers Advice..

     *Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
     *Life ain 't about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well
     you bounce.
     *Keep skunks, bankers and lawyers at a distance.
     *Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
     *A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
     *Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
     *Meanness don't jest happen overnight.
     *Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
     *Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
     *It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
     *You cannot unsay a cruel word.
     *Every path has a few puddles.
     *When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
     * The best sermons are lived, not preached.
     * Most of the stuff people worry about ain 't never gonna happen anyway.
     * Don't judge folks by their relatives.
     * Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
     * Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back,
     you'll enjoy it a second time.
     * Don't interfere with somethin' that ain 't botherin' you none.
     * Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
     * The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm, 'cause the
     colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller.
     * If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
     * It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep
     * Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
     * The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with
     watches you shave his face in the mirror every mornin'.
     * Always drink upstream from the herd.
     * Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad
     judgment.
     * Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it
     back in.
     * If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin'
     somebody else's dog around.
     * Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the
     rest to God
     
     

341. The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama. Judge
     Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his
     courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are
     trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama. The judge's poem sums
     it up quite well.

     America the Beautiful,
     or so you used to be.
     Land of the Pilgrims' pride;
     I'm glad they'll never see.

     Babies piled in dumpsters,
     Abortion on demand,
     Oh, sweet land of liberty;
     your house is on the sand.

     Our children wander aimlessly
     poisoned by cocaine,
     Choosing to indulge their lusts,
     when God has said abstain.

     From sea to shining sea,
     our Nation turns away
     From the teaching of God's love
     and a need to always pray.

     We've kept God in our temples,
     how callous we have grown.
     When earth is but His footstool,
     and Heaven is His throne.

     We've voted in a government
     that's rotting at the core,
     Appointing Godless Judges
     who throw reason out the door,

     Too soft to place a killer
     in a well deserved tomb,
     But brave enough to kill a baby
     before he leaves the womb.

     You think that God's not angry,
     that our land's a moral slum?
     How much longer will He wait
     before His judgment comes?

     How are we to face our God,
     from Whom we cannot hide?
     What then is left for us to do,
     but stem this evil tide?

     If we who are His children,
     will humbly turn and pray;
     Seek His holy face
     and mend our evil way:

     Then God will hear from Heaven
     and forgive us of our sins,
     He'll heal our sickly land
     and those who live within.

     But, Americathe Beautiful,
     if you don't - then you will see,
     A sad but Holy God
     withdraw His hand from Thee.

     By: Judge Roy Moore

     Pass this on and let's lift Judge Moore up in prayer.
     He has stood firm and needs our support.

     IN GOD WE TRUST!
     

342. To realize
     The value of a sister
     Ask someone
     Who doesn't have one.

     To realize
     The value of ten years:
     Ask a newly
     Divorced couple.

     To realize
     The value of four years:
     Ask a graduate.

     To realize
     The value of one year:
     Ask a student who
     Has failed a final exam.

     To realize
     The value of nine months:
     Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.

     To realize
     The value of one month:
     Ask a mother
     Who has given birth to
     A premature baby.

     To realize
     The value of one week:
     Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

     To realize
     The value of one minute:
     Ask a person
     Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

     To realize
     The value of one-second:
     Ask a person
     Who has survived an accident.

     Time waits for no one.

     Treasure every moment you have.

     You will treasure it even more when
     you can share it with someone special.

     To realize the value of a friend or family member:
     LOSE ONE.

     Remember... hold on tight to the ones you love!

343. We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought. Franklin D. Roosevelt
     

344. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie
     

345.  Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.  Mark Twain
     

346.   IT'S PRETTY PROFOUND

     Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.

     I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.

     How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word "refrigeration" mean nothing to you?

     How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on television?

     I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, "How about going to lunch in a half hour?" She would gas up and stammer, "I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain." And my personal favorite: "It's Monday." She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.

     Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches.. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!

     We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.

     Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of "I'm going to," "I plan on," and "Someday, when things are settled down a bit."

     When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.

     My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.

     Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to......not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

     Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I sent this to you.

     Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask "How are you?" Do you hear the reply?

     When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow." And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say "Hi"?

     When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift....Thrown away.... Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.
     
     "Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!"

347. You can't do much about your ancestors but you can influence your descendants enormously.
     
     
348. Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, "Lillian, you
     should have remained a virgin." Lillian Carter (mother of 39th President, Jimmy Carter)
     
     
349. I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.  But I was not
     pleased to read the description in the catalog: "No good in a bed, but fine against a wall." Eleanor Roosevelt 
     
     
350. Be careful about reading health books.  You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain
     
     
351. What would men be without women?  Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.
     Mark Twain
     
     
352. Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.  The world owes you nothing.  It was here first. Mark Twain
     
     
353. Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. Herbert Henry Asquith
     
     
354. I don't feel old.  I don't feel anything until noon.  Then it's time for my nap. Bob Hope
     
     
355. I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in
     it. WC Fields
     
     
356. We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. Will Rogers
     
     
357. By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go
     anywhere. Billy Crystal
     
     
358. Don't worry about avoiding temptation... as you grow older, it will
     avoid you. Winston Churchill
     
     
359. Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty, but everything else starts
     to wear out, fall out, or spread out. Phyllis Diller
     
     
360. The cardiologist's diet:  If it tastes good, spit it out. Unknown
     
361. Men will spend their health getting wealth; then gladly pay all they have   earned to get it back.

362. Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
     Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
     (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).

     Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She
     said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but
     for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get
     out of our government and to get out of our lives.

     And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
     How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if
     we demand He leave us alone?"

     
     In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
     I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
     her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
     schools, and we said OK.

     Then! someone said you better not read the Bible in school ... the
     Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your
     neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

     
     Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when
     they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and
     we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed
     suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And
     we said OK.

     
     Now we're asking ours! elves why our children have no conscience, whythey don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to
     kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

     Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it
     out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

     Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why
     the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers
     say, but question what the Bible says.

     Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
     wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
     people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
     through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the
     school and workplace.
     
     
363. THE BEST POEM IN THE  WORLD!

           I was shocked, confused, bewildered
           as I entered Heaven's door,
           Not by the beauty of it all,
           nor the lights or its decor.

          But it was the folks in Heaven
          who made me sputter and gasp--
          the thieves, the liars, the sinners,
          the alcoholics, the trash

          There stood the kid from seventh grade
          who swiped my lunch money twice.
          Next to him was my old neighbor
          who never said anything nice.

           Herb, who I always thought
           was rotting away in hell,
           was  sitting pretty on cloud nine,
           looking incredibly well.

           I nudged Jesus, "What's the deal?
           I would love to hear Your take.
           How'd all these sinners get up here?
           God must've made a mistake.

           "And why's everyone so quiet,
           so somber? Give me a clue."
           "Hush, child," said He, "they're all in shock.
           No one thought they'd be seeing you."

364. I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day.
     

     As we talked, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town, was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was carrying, a well-worn sign that read, "I will work for food." My heart sank.

     I brought him to the attention of my friends and noticed that others around us had stopped eating to focus on him. Heads moved in a mixture of sadness and disbelief.

     We continued with our meal, but his image lingered in my mind. We finished our meal and went our separate ways. I had errands to do and quickly set out to accomplish them. I glanced toward the town square, looking somewhat halfheartedly for the strange visitor. I was fearful, knowing that seeing him again would call some response. I drove through town and saw nothing of him. I made some purchases at a store and got back in my car.
     
     Deep within me, the Spirit of God kept speaking to me: "Don't go back to the office until you've at least driven once more around the square."

     Then with some hesitancy, I headed back into town. As I turned the square's third corner, I saw him. He was standing on the steps of the store front
     church, going through his sack.

     I stopped and looked; feeling both compelled to speak to him, yet wanting to drive on. The empty parking space on the corner seemed to be a sign from God: an invitation to park. I pulled in, got out and approached the town's newest visitor.

     "Looking for the pastor?" I asked.

     "Not really," he replied, "just resting."

     "Have you eaten today?"

     "Oh, I ate something early this morning."

     "Would you like to have lunch with me?"

     "Do you have some work I could do for you?"

     "No work," I replied. "I commute here to work from the city, but I would like to take you to lunch."

     "Sure," he replied with a smile.

     As he began to gather his things, I asked some surface questions. Where you headed?"

     "St. Louis."

     "Where you from?"

     "Oh, all over; mostly Florida."

     "How long you been walking?"

     "Fourteen years," came the reply.

     I knew I had met someone unusual. We sat across from each other in the same restaurant I had left earlier. His face was weathered slightly beyond his 38 years. His eyes were dark yet clear, and he spoke with an eloquence and articulation that was startling. He removed his jacket to reveal a bright red T-shirt that said, "Jesus is The Never Ending Story."

     Then Daniel's story began to unfold. He had seen rough times early in life.
     
     He'd made some wrong choices and reaped the consequences. Fourteen years earlier, while backpacking across the country, he had stopped on the beach in Daytona. He tried to hire on with some men who were putting up a large tent and some equipment. A concert, he thought.

     He was hired, but the tent would not house a concert but revival services, and in those services he saw life more clearly. He gave his life over to God
     
     "Nothing's been the same since," he said, "I felt the Lord telling me to keep walking, and so I did, some 14 years now."

     "Ever think of stopping?" I asked.

     "Oh, once in a while, when it seems to get the best of me But God has given me this calling. I give out Bibles . That's what's in my sack. I work to buy food and Bibles, and I give them out when His Spirit leads."

     I sat amazed. My homeless friend was not homeless. He was on a mission and lived this way by choice. The question burned inside for a moment and then I asked: "What's it like?"

     "What?"

     "To walk into a town carrying all your things on your back and to show your sign?"

     "Oh, it was humiliating at first. People would stare and make comments. Once someone tossed a piece of half-eaten bread and made a gesture that certainly didn't make me feel welcome. But then it became humbling to realize that God was using me to touch lives and change people's concepts of other folks like me."

     My concept was changing, too. We finished our dessert and gathered his things. Just outside the door, he paused. He turned to me and said, "Come Ye blessed of my Father and inherit the kingdom I've prepared for you. For when I was hungry you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me drink, a stranger and you took me in."

     I felt as if we were on holy ground. "Could you use another Bible?" I asked.

     He said he preferred a certain translation. It traveled well and was not too heavy. It was also his personal favorite. "I've read through it 14 times," he said.

     "I'm not sure we've got one of those, but let's stop by our church and see" I was able to find my new friend a Bible that would do well, and he seemed very
     grateful.

     "Where are you headed from here?" I asked.

     "Well, I found this little map on the back of this amusement park coupon."

     "Are you hoping to hire on there for awhile?"

     "No, I just figure I should go there. I figure someone under that star right
     there needs a Bible, so that's where I'm going next."

     He smiled, and the warmth of his spirit radiated the sincerity of his mission.  I drove him back to the town-square where we'd met two hours earlier, and as we drove, it started raining. We parked and unloaded his things.

     "Would you sign my autograph book?" he asked. "I like to keep messages from folks I meet."

     I wrote in his little book that his commitment to his calling had touched my life. I encouraged him to stay strong. And I left him with a verse of
     scripture from Jeremiah, "I know the plans I have for you, declared the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you; Plans to give you a future and a hope."

     "Thanks, man," he said. "I know we just met and we're really just strangers, but I love you."

     "I know," I said, "I love you, too." "The Lord is good!"

     "Yes, He is. How long has it been since someone hugged you?" I asked. A long time," he replied

     And so on the busy street corner in the drizzling rain, my new friend and I
     embraced, and I felt deep inside that I had been changed. He put his things on his back, smiled his winning smile and said, "See you in the New Jerusalem."

     "I'll be there!" was my reply.

     He began his journey again. He headed away with his sign dangling from his bedroll and pack of Bibles. He stopped, turned and said, "When you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?"

     "You bet," I shouted back, "God bless."

     "God bless." And that was the last I saw of him.

     Late that evening as I left my office, the wind blew strong. The cold front had settled hard upon the town. I bundled up and hurried to my car. As I sat back and reached for the emergency brake, I saw them... a pair of well-worn brown work gloves neatly laid over the length of the handle. I picked them up and thought of my friend and wondered if his hands would stay warm that night without them.

     Then I remembered his words: "If you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?"

     Today his gloves lie on my desk in my office. They help me to see the world and its people in a new way, and they help me remember those two hours with my unique friend and to pray for his ministry. "See you in the New Jerusalem," he said. Yes, Daniel, I know I will...

     "I shall pass this way but once. Therefore, any good that I can do or any
     kindness that I can show, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way
     again."
     

365. Why Dogs Don't Live Longer Than Humans

     Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a
     ten-year- old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's
     owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane,
     Were all very attached to Belker and they were hoping for a
     miracle.

     I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I
     told the family there were no miracles left for Belker, and
     offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog
     in their home. As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told
     me they thought it would be good for the four-year-old
     Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane
     might learn something from the experience.

     The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat
     as Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm,
     petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if
     he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes,
     Belker slipped peacefully away. The little boy seemed to
     accept Belker's transition without any difficulty or
     confusion.

     We sat together for a while after Belker's death,
     wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are
     shorter than human lives. Shane, who had been listening
     quietly, piped up, "I know why."

     Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his
     mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more comforting
     explanation.

     He said, "People are born so that they can learn how
     to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the time
     and being nice, right?" The four-year-old continued,
     "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have
     to stay as long."

     Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply, Speak
     kindly. Leave the rest to God.

366.  The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
     With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks,
     "Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
     

367.  In order to realize the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm - Corrie Ten Boom

368. It is not how high you fly but, how low you do not go!  Chuck Higgins
     
     
369. Common Sense:
     Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

     He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't always fair, and maybe it was my fault.

     Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

     His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

     Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

     It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Aspirin, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student - but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

     Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses, and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

     Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault.

     Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

     Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife,
     Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.

     He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I'm A Victim.

     Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
     
     
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Ronald Reagan

1. A people free to choose will always choose peace.
   Ronald Reagan
2. Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.  Ronald Reagan
3. Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. Ronald Reagan
4. All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
   Ronald Reagan
5. Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.
   Ronald Reagan
6. But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.
   Ronald Reagan
7. Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
   Ronald Reagan
8. Don't be afraid to see what you see. Ronald Reagan
9. Double, no triple, our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. It is time that we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble cause. Ronald Reagan
10. Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. Ronald Reagan
11. Facts are stubborn things. Ronald Reagan
12. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Ronald Reagan
13. Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. Ronald Reagan
14. Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
    Ronald Reagan
15. Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
    Ronald Reagan
16. Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
    Ronald Reagan
17. Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
    Ronald Reagan
18. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it.  Ronald Reagan
19. Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
    Ronald Reagan
20. History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. Ronald Reagan
21. I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. Ronald Reagan
22. I couldn't help but say to Mr. Gorbachev just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. We'd find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.
    Ronald Reagan
23. I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
    Ronald Reagan
24. I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.   Ronald Reagan
    (This is on his grave in Semi Valley, CA)
25. I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'. Ronald Reagan
26. I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse. Ronald Reagan
27. If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement. Ronald Reagan
28. If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
    Ronald Reagan
29. In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest. Ronald Reagan
30. Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. Ronald Reagan
31. Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
    Ronald Reagan
32. It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. Ronald Reagan
33. It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available. Ronald Reagan
34. It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas. Ronald Reagan
35. Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
    Ronald Reagan
36. Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!   Ronald Reagan
37. My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out. Ronald Reagan
38. No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
39. No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology. Ronald Reagan
40. Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. Ronald Reagan
41. Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. Ronald Reagan
42. Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. Ronald Reagan
43. People do not make wars; governments do. Ronald Reagan
44. Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
    Ronald Reagan
45. Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. Ronald Reagan
46. Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.   Ronald Reagan
47. Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.  Ronald Reagan
48. Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.  Ronald Reagan
49. The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. Ronald Reagan
50. The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Ronald Reagan
51. The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much. Ronald Reagan
52. The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. Ronald Reagan
53. The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.  Ronald Reagan
54. There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
    Ronald Reagan
55. There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. Ronald Reagan
56. They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. Ronald Reagan
57. Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.   Ronald Reagan
58. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.  Ronald Reagan
59. To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.  Ronald Reagan
60. Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. Ronald Reagan
61. Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. Ronald Reagan
62. Trust, but verify. Ronald Reagan
63. We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.
    Ronald Reagan
64. We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
    Ronald Reagan
65. We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one! Ronald Reagan
66. We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule. Ronald Reagan
67. We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. Ronald Reagan
68. We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. Ronald Reagan
69. We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free. Ronald Reagan
70. We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
    Ronald Reagan
71. Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. Ronald Reagan
72. What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice. Ronald Reagan
73. Whatever time I've got left now belongs to the Big Fella Upstairs.
    Ronald Reagan
74. While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future. Ronald Reagan
75. Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face. Ronald Reagan
76. You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness.
    Ronald Reagan
77. You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. Ronald Reagan
78. "I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."  Ronald Reagan
79. "Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."  Ronald Reagan
80. "If we ever forget that we're one N ation under God, then we will be a Nation gone under."  Ronald Reagan
81. "The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."  Ronald Reagan
82. "Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it And if it stops moving, subsidize it."  Ronald Reagan
83. "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." (Amen!)   Ronald Reagan
84. Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." ( President Ronald Reagan)
    
    Ronal Reagan Biography   Ronald Reagan Library & Airforce One

William Penn                                    top

1. I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again. William Penn
2. O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
   William Penn
3. Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
   William Penn
4. True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
   William Penn
   

Will Rodgers                            top

1. Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. Will Rodgers
2. Don't let yesterday take up too much of today. Will Rodgers
3. Every man is ignorant -just on different subjects. Will Rodgers
4. "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." Will Rogers
5. You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.  Will Rogers

1. Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain
2. Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. Mark Twain
3. Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. Mark Twain
4. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain
5. I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain
6. Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid,the vast limits of their knowledge. Mark Twain
7. "Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read" Mark Twain
8. "The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." Mark Twain
9. "Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen" Mark Twain
10. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain

George Washington                      top

1. I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. Martha Washington
2. "Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all." George Washington

Oprah Winfrey                                 top

1. "I believe that you tend to create your own blessings. You have to prepare yourself so that when opportunity comes, you're ready." Oprah Winfrey
2. I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time. Oprah Winfrey
3. The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey
4. Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility. Oprah Winfrey
5. With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. Oprah Winfrey
6. I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself. Oprah
7. Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand. Oprah Winfrey
8. I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk. Oprah
9. You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another. Oprah Winfrey
10. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. Oprah Winfrey
11. I do not know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.
    Oprah Winfrey

Zig Ziglar                                   top

1. You can have anything in life you want if you just help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar
2. "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."  Zig Ziglar
3. "The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty." Zig Ziglar
4. Every choice you make has an end result." Zig Ziglar
5. Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds. Zig Ziglar
6. The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity." Zig Ziglar
7. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar
8. It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through." Zig Ziglar
9. Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill. Zig Ziglar
10. "When you develop a game plan to get what you want, you will develop a belief that you can get it." Zig Ziglar
11. "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." Zig Ziglar
12. "You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have." Zig Ziglar

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