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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Shine Quotes

Quotes About Shine 



  • You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine.
  • Shine bright like a diamond. Find light in the beautiful sea, I choose to be happy.
  • There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine! --Jimmy Smits, American Actor (1955-  )





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Be So Good, They Can’t Ignore You | MWM
Shine Bright For Others = Similar to the way that sunshine makes many of us feel better, we can brighten another person’s day. When we shine we can make others feel better. As a speaker and communicator, when you are good at this process, it can also brighten your business. Be so good—shine so brightly—that no one can ignore you. You will feel better and others will feel better. 


Born to Shine with Kendra Scott
We are thrilled to introduce you to our guest this week, Kendra Scott. Kendra is a celebrated fashion designer and businesswoman known for founding the Kendra Scott jewelry and lifestyle brand. She started her company which is now a global fashion brand with just $500. That does not happen without incredible leadership skills, tenacity, and resilience. In this episode, Kendra shares the idea behind her book, Born to Shine, and the lessons she’s learned along her journey that you can apply to your own life and leadership. 


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Proverbs 27:14 (MSG) If you wake your friend in the early morning by shouting “Rise and shine!” It will sound to him more like a curse than a blessing.
Matthew 5:16 (ESV) In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
1 John 2:8 - At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
2 Peter 1:19 - And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Philippians 2:15 - that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
John 1:5 and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.
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Sunday, October 09, 2022

Light Quotes

Quotes About Light

  • As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same. --Nelson Mandela
  • If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. --Glenn Clark
  • It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. --Chinese proverb
  • Life is a roller-coaster. Try to eat a light lunch. --David Schmaltz
  • Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. --Douglas Adams
  • Remember, a small light will do a great deal when it is in a very dark place. Put one little tallow candle in the middle of a large hall, and it will give a good deal of light. --Dwight L. Moody
  • We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. --Plato

 

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Be A Beacon Of Light = Having light in your life gives you hope, lifts the spirit, and gives encouragement. Once you have experienced light, you want to turn the light on for everybody else.


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Luke 1:78-79 (NLT) Because of God’s tender mercy, the light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.” 
John 8:12 ESV Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 1:5 ESV The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Psalm 119:105 ESV Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Matthew 5:16 ESV In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
1 John 1:7 ESV But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Matthew 5:14 ESV “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Ephesians 5:8 ESV For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

'Drawn to the Light' — John 3:18-21

Light
    Light comes from God (Genesis 1:3)
    God is light (Psalm 27:1)
    God’s Word enlightens our path (Psalm 119:105)
    God can turn darkness into light (Isaiah 42:16)
    Christians are the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)
    Jesus is the Light of the World (John 8:12)
    Light shines in the hearts of Christians (2 Corinthians 4:6)
    Christians are children of light (Ephesians 5:8)



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Wednesday, June 01, 2022

Leadershift Quotes

 Quotes About Leadershift

Here Are Some Profound Quotes From “Leadershift”: 
  • -A good leader never seeks simplicity in his or her career.
  • -A good leader notices more than others do, and they notice it before others do.
  • -A person can become successful on his own but he cannot become a successful leader on his own, he needs a team to become so.
  • -A person only becomes a leader when he has a group. A leader does not succeed alone, he takes his entire team and achieves success.
  • -A true leader is required to be selfless. You should do whatever you can to put others in a winning position.
  • -Always have an open mind towards learning. Passion to learn can come from anywhere and any day.
  • -As a leader, you have to think ahead of your team in order to stay ahead of them and guide them.
  • -Be a growth-oriented person, not a goal-oriented person. It takes time but it has its own worth.
  • -Be flexible, move faster, your future is coming at you faster than you have thought.
  • -Belief stimulates expectation, expectation stimulates intention, intention makes us emphasize focus and focus lets us see opportunities.
  • -Do as much as possible today to enhance your future.
  • -Do not fear uncertainties. It is those uncertainties that bring about new opportunities.
  • -Do not wait to do good. Do the good things right at the moment and see the changes.
  • -Empowerment comes to you when you have the ability to deal with tensity between the strength that brings security and adaptability that provides new opportunities.
  • -Focus more on providing people rather than receiving from them. It is true that when you give it comes back to you.
  • -Have the capability and the will for making leadership changes that will positively enhance growth.
  • -Help other people to get what they want in order to get everything you want.
  • -Identify your goals, break them into small steps, and follow through with disciplines and strategies to get them done.
  • -If you know how to leadershift, you can become a great leader.
  • -If you want to become a good leader, give a chance to others, let them shine.
  • -If you want to become a leader you have to rely more on your values, creativity, and on your intuitions.
  • -Improving does not have a finish line and there is no complete picture of mastering leadership. 
  • -Keep growing inside to see growth on the outside.
  • -Keep your past in mind, but do not let it hamper your present and future.
  • -Learn to make shifts and become comfortable with uncertainty, that is what makes a successful leader.
  • -Make the right choices today and have the best results tomorrow.
  • -One of the most critical abilities of leadership is adaptability, the ability to change.
  • -Remember, a leader always inspires. He motivates them to go for their goals.
  • -Stop wishing and start working. As a leader, you should not be waiting for any secret recipe.
  • -Study successful people and figure out what all of them have in common.
  • -Surround yourself with people who are growing. It is easier to grow when you have people growing around you, it inspires you.
  • -The potential of a team is always more than the potential of an individual. People working together as a team possess great possibilities and opportunities.
  • -The world around is not going to remain static, so a true leader should never be static.
  • -What drives you to keep growing and keep learning is the desire to improve in every sphere.
  • -You attract your target when you visualize it and you visualize your target when you know what you want.
  • -You can become a leader only when you have a team. Focus on your team members, encourage them to go beyond their comfort zone.
  • -You cannot become a good leader without making any efforts to understand people.
  • -You expand your knowledge when you start putting your lessons together with a plan.
  • -You grow personally when you have the ability to help others, motivating them to complete their goals.
  • -You have to learn, unlearn and re-learn and accept the changes in order to prosper as a leader.
  • -You have to think different, act different, and be different in a world that keeps on changing rigorously.
  • -You know your intentions are pure when you provide people without keeping a count. Give as much you can.
  • -You lead when you are dynamic, stagnancy gets you nowhere.
  • -You might get fame for what you did in your past, but it is your present deeds that bring you respect.
  • -You should not be ashamed when you need others’ help. It is difficult to lead without people’s help and that is fine.
  • -You will become disheartened the day when you are appeased with your lifestyle, your thoughts, and your actions.
  • -Your courage to complete a task makes the change. Your life will expand or shrink, depends upon your courage.
  • -Your journey of leadership begins when you realize that everything has a high point and a low point.
  • -Your spirit of learning should always be more than your fear of failure. Failure is just a new lesson to learn, do not fear learning a new lesson.
  • -Your targets help you do better but your growth during the process makes you a better person.
  • -Your timing makes all the changes. If you have a good sense of timings for making changes, you have succeeded.



This is Essential to Your Leadership Success | MWM
This Is Essential To Your Leadership Success = Leaders see more than others see, and they see before others see. It’s not the person who finishes first who wins the race, but the one who gets started first. The ability to see things ahead of others is essential to leadership success—Leadershift is about recognizing what’s happening, shifting quickly, and learning to pivot and adjust along the way.



Leaders Adapt to the Situation at Hand | MWM
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Adjust To The Unexpected = Shifting involves changing or making adjustments. The unexpected always happens. The best leaders adjust. They look at circumstances and can turn surprises into beautiful opportunities.


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Start within you - then naturally, you will believe in others. Build yourself up, lead with affirmations, and believe in them every single day!


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Saturday, October 29, 2022

Smile Quotes

Quotes About Smile

  • A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.  --Denis Waitley
  • We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.  --Mother Teresa
  • A smile is the universal welcome.  --Max Eastman
  • A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.  --William Arthur Ward
  • If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.  --Andy Rooney
  • A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.  --William Hazlitt
  • Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.  --Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Smile, it's free therapy.  --Douglas Horton
  • Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.  --Mother Teresa
  • I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. --Goldie Hawn















Smile More For Others = We all need to smile more. A smile is for others, it makes us more intriguing and engaging. Let's make other people happy by the smile on our face. 


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Psalm 4:6 Many say, "Who can show us anything good?" Smile upon us, Lord!
Job 10:20 Are my days not few? Stop it! Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little
Job 10:3 Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?
Job 9:27 If I said, “I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile,”
Psalm 67:1 For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us! (Selah)
Proverbs 31:25 Strength and self-respect are her clothing; she is facing the future with a smile.
Numbers 6:24-26 “‘“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’
Proverbs 15:13-14 ESV A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Proverbs 17:22 ESV A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Psalm 34:5 ESV Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
Proverbs 15:13 ESV A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.
Job 9:27 ESV If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,’
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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Ownership Quotes

Quotes About Ownership 

  • Be a pro.  Act like a champion.  Respond to adversity; don’t react.  Be on time. Being late means either it’s not important to you or you can’t be relied upon.  Execute. Do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it. Not almost. All the way. Not most of the time. All of the time.  Take ownership. Whatever it takes. No excuses, no explanations. --Tony Dungy
  • Dreams aren’t free—at some point, your dream will cost you. And it’s in that moment that you will determine if the dream is really yours or if it’s someone else’s. Who owns your dream?
  • Everything changes for the better when you take ownership of your own problems. --Robert Ringer
  • Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have. --Pat Summitt
  • Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you're an owner. Faith is at its best when it's that way too. It's best lived when it's owned. --Bob Goff
  • The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people. --John C. Maxwell
  • You cannot achieve a dream that you do not own. You can’t rent or borrow a dream. You must own it. It must be yours, and no one else’s. It declares your individuality. It harnesses your potential. Don’t compare yourself or your dream to others.





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Your Team's Engagement Starts With You | MWM
Your Team's Engagement Starts With You = Engagement starts with leadership. If a team is disengaged, the question isn't what's wrong with them, it's what is missing from leadership. Take ownership of your team's energy and engagement level. People don't follow titles, they follow engagement.





Whose Dream Is It?
Dreams aren’t free—at some point, your dream will cost you. And it’s in that moment that you will determine if the dream is really yours or if it’s someone else’s. Who owns your dream? 

Take Ownership of Your Life
Life isn’t made to rent—it’s designed for you to own. When we rent things, we don’t give them our full time and attention. But when we own things, we polish them to shine. 




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2 Corinthians 1:22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Galatians 6:17 From now on let no one trouble me [by making it necessary for me to justify my authority as an apostle, and the absolute truth of the gospel], for I bear on my body the branding-marks of Jesus [the wounds, scars, and other outward evidence of persecutions—these testify to His ownership of me].
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Brilliant Quotes

Quotes About Brilliant

  • Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes. --Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. --Winston Churchill
  • We conquer—not in any brilliant fashion—we conquer by continuing. --George Matheson
  • This is America . . . a brilliant diversity spread like stars. Like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. --George Bush
  • Most people never get to see how brilliant they can be. They don't find teachers who believe in them. --SEAN MAGUIRE
  • The moon stays bright when it doesn’t avoid the night. --Rumi



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Be Bright, Be Brilliant = How well are you shining and bringing light, focus, and clarity into your life and leadership? Brilliance is about intelligence, but it is also more. It is about expressing energy, passion, and exuberance to bring light to the world. Shine in a dark world, and make a difference


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Ecclesiastes 9:11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
Revelation 4:3 The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones - like jasper and carnelian. And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow.
1 Corinthians 1:20 So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.
Exodus 24:10 There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.
Ezekiel 1:4 As I looked, I saw a great storm coming from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed with lightning and shone with brilliant light. There was fire inside the cloud, and in the middle of the fire glowed something like gleaming amber.
1 Timothy 6:16 He alone can never die, and he lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach him. No human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will. All honor and power to him forever! Amen.
Proverbs 21:5 (MSG) Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.,
Proverbs 21:30 (MSG) Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived, can get the better of God .
Proverbs 15:5 (MSG) Moral dropouts won’t listen to their elders; welcoming correction is a mark of good sense.
Psalm 119:105 ESV Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Pursue Quotes

Quotes About Pursue

  • Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
  • The stars shine on brightly while Adam and Eve pursue their way into the far wilderness. There is a sound through the silence, as of the falling tears of an angel.
  • Glory avoids those who chase after it and is endowed on many who did not try to pursue it.
  • We pursue God because, and only because, he has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit.
  • The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
  • Humility is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it the more distant it becomes. To think we have it is sure evidence that we don't.
  • How to compose your life: pursue, keep up with, circle round and round your life, as a dog does his master's chaise. Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.
  • Men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
  • A man's heart has only enough life in it to pursue one object fully.
  • Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue.
  • No truths are simple, especially those of Scripture. But as we pursue them and participate in them more fully, they begin to reveal to us a life deeper and more integrated than we ever could have known otherwise.
  • Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes. --ROY T. BENNETT
  • Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. --Karl Von Clausewitz, Soldier (1780-1831)
  • Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can. --Chris Evert, American Athlete (1954-  )
  • Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches. --Wynton Marsalis, American Musician (1961-  )
  • Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. --Henry David Thoreau, American Author (1817-1862)
  • Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. --Henry David Thoreau
  • Don't solve problems. Pursue opportunities. --Peter Drucker
  • The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. --Benjamin Franklin




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Ecclesiastes 1:17 So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.
Psalms 34:14 (MSG) Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don’t let it get away!
Proverbs 21:21 (MSG) Whoever goes hunting for what is right and kind finds life itself— glorious life!
Matthew 8:22 (MSG) Jesus refused. “First things first. Your business is life, not death. Follow me. Pursue life.” * * *
Ecclesiastes 11:9 (MSG) You who are young, make the most of your youth. Relish your youthful vigor. Follow the impulses of your heart. If something looks good to you, pursue it. But know also that not just anything goes; You have to answer to God for every last bit of it.
2 Timothy 2:22 Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.
Romans 14:19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Philippians 3:12-14 ESV Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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Saturday, December 03, 2022

Promise Quotes

Quotes About Promises

  • ...Promises are more dangerous then secrets. Aimee Friedman
  • A lot of church members who are singing "Standing on the Promises" are just sitting on the premises. 
  • Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece. Sherry Rothfield
  • Do what you love, love what you do, and deliver more than you promise. Harvey Mackay
  • Don't make promises when you are in joy. Don't reply when you are sad. Don't take decisions when you are angry. Think twice..., Act Wise. unknown
  • God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises . . . leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • God isn't going to let you see the distant scene. So you might as well quit looking for it. He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future. We do not need to know what will happen tomorrow. We only need to know He leads us and we will find grace to help us when we need it.  Max Lucado (Traveling Light)
  • God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them. Max Lucado
  • God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage 
  • God's promises are like the stars: the darker the night, the brighter they shine David Nicholas
  • I know God promises not to give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. Mother Teresa 
  • If politics were a musical, it would be "Promises, Promises". Ronald Reagan
  • In some ways, it's those of us who are most familiar with the Spirit's promises who are in the greatest danger. Someone has said that familiarity may not breed contempt, but it takes the edge off of awe. Something like this is true about the rich texts and glory-filled promises that drop the jaws or widen the eyes of newcomers but provoke no more than a raised eyebrow in the old-timers who have ceased to dream.  Jim McGuiggan
  • Jesus promised his disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble. G. K. Chesterton
  • Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. P Edna St. Vincent Millay
  • Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken. Jonathan Swift
  • Promises are dangerous things to ask or to give. Maria Edgeworth
  • Promises are empty words if you're not keeping them. Mike Ditka
  • Promises are lies wrapped in pretty ribbons -Cinnamon Virginia C. Andrews
  • Promises made out of ignorance should not be kept. Laura Schlessinger
  • Promises. I was drowning in promises. Richelle Mead
  • So, then, to every man his chance -- to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining golden opportunity -- to every man his right to live, to work, to be himself, to become whatever his manhood and his vision can combine to make him -- this, seeker, is the promise of America. Thomas Wolfe
  • The most glorious promises of God are generally fulfilled in such a wondrous manner that He steps forth to save us at a time when there is the least appearance of it. C. H. von Bogatzy 






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Keep Your Promises = Promise is a word of anticipation, hope, and growth. Don’t over-promise and under-deliver, instead, under-promise and over-deliver. The gap between expectation and reality is a disappointment. When you promise something, don’t create that gap. Fulfill your promises. 









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Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?
Acts 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
James 1:12 Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
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2 Peter 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
2 Corinthians 1:20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
Galatians 3:18 (NIV) For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
Psalms 106:12 (NIV) Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
Joshua 21:45 (NIV) Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.


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Sunday, August 21, 2022

Run Quotes

Quotes About Running

  • •  Train harder. •  Run faster. •  Dream harder. •  Aim higher. BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE.
  • — Train harder. — Run faster. — Aim higher. — Be stronger. — Play tougher. IF YOU REFUSE TO BE STOPPED.  YOU WON'T BE.
  • Don't run away from a challenge. Instead, run toward it cause the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet  --Nadia Comaneci
  • Either you run the day or e day runs you. --Jim Rohn
  • Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. --Will Rogers
  • Every run counts. Every bit of junk food hurts. Do a few pushups. Run another minute. No mercy, it's not a game, it's your life. --
  • Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.  --Babe Ruth
  • Growing is like running a twenty-six-mile marathon. If we give up on the twenty-fourth mile. We will never know what it feels like to finish the race. --unknown
  • He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up. --Paul Keating
  • He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. --Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
  • I consider a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it. --Joseph Addison 
  • I have squarely and firmly put my faith in His ability to run the planet. God is able. Angela Thomas --
  • I jog my mind and run my mouth  --Woody Paige
  • If at first, you don't succeed, you are running about average. --M.H. Alderson
  • If you are running next to me on the treadmill, the answer is YES, we are racing.
  • If you can't run with the big dogs, get back on the porch  --Woody Paige
  • If you can't run, walk, if you can't walk, crawl, but by all means keep moving. --Martin Luther King Jr.
  • In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high. --Henry David Thoreau
  • Men who run behind cars get exhausted  --Woody Paige
  • Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. --William James
  • Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and US Senators. --Will Rogers
  • Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. --Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Run each day’s race with all your might. – Basilea Schlink
  • Run to God and hide yourself behind His love. The Lord redeems. No one will be condemned. Angela Thomas --
  • Since He hath looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath run away to heaven with it. --Samuel Rutherford
  • Some people serve with pride -- because they ‘want to’ do and be their best; other people serve with disdain because they ‘have to’ do their job. Which person do you think will end up running the show? -- Jeffrey Gitomer  --
  • The hardest step for a runner is the first one out the front door. --
  • The line between good and evil is never simply between 'us' and 'them.' The line between good and evil runs through each one of us. --A. Solzhenitsyn (via N.T. Wright).
  • The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running. --
  • The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score. – --Bill Copeland
  • The vinedresser is never nearer the vine than when He is pruning it --
  • We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs. --Will Rogers
  • When in doubt scream & run in circles  --Woody Paige
  • When you take a risk and step out of the norm, you run the risk and sometimes you fail. But you only fail if you give up.  --J Peterman
  • Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games. --Babe Ruth
  • You always have a place to run to, always. The place is GOD
  • You can't just let nature run wild  --Woody Paige
  • You can't run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do. --John Leo


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Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
James 4:7 Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 ESV Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
Hebrews 12:1 ESV Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 Timothy 4:7 ESV I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Psalm 19:5 ESV Which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Appreciation Quotes

Quotes About Appreciation 

  • Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. --ALAN COHEN
  • Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. --Melody Beattie
  • Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. --MARGARET COUSINS
  • Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. -- Ralph Marston


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Appreciate The Positive = What we appreciate, appreciates. Things we view as special—things we value and give focus—become more special. If we focus on the positives, the positives will appreciate and compound over time.



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A Multiple Effect = You can change someone's entire mindset or day, simply by appreciating them. Hearing the words of value is the biggest gift you can give someone, so today, share with someone how much you appreciate them!



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APPRE'CIATE, v.t. apprishate. [L. ad and pretium, value, price. See Price.]
1. To value; to set a price or value on; to estimate; as, we seldom sufficiently appreciate the advantages we enjoy.
2. To raise the value of.
Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money.
APPRE'CIATE, v.i. To rise in value; to become of more value; as, the coin of the country appreciates; public securities appreciated, when the debt was funded.

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2 Kings 4:13 NLT - 13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, 'We appreciate the kind concern you have shown us. What can we do for you? Can we put in a good word for you to the king or to the commander of the army?'" "No," she replied, "my family takes good care of me."
Proverbs 28:23 NLT - 23 In the end, people appreciate honest criticism far more than flattery.
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