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Live a good honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time...-Dalai Lama.........Proverbs3:9-10 "Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine."

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First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and trembling. We can help one another to find the meaning of life no doubt. But in the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to someone else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. You cannot tell me who I am, and I cannot tell you who you are. If you do not know your own identity, who is going to identify you?...-Thomas Merton.........Matthew18:1-4 "..The disciples came to Jesus and asked, 'Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?' He called a little child and had him stand among them. And He said, 'I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

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True intimacy is a positive force only if it is a combining of strengths and energies with other mature persons for the continued growth of each...-Leo F. Buscaglia, Personhood........1Peter1:22-23 "Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God."

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Your children are not your children./ They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself./ They come through you but not from you,/ And though they are with you yet they belong not to you./ You may give them your love but not your thoughts,/ You may house their bodies but not their souls,/ For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit,/ not even in your dreams./ You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you./ For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday...-Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet........Deuteronomy4:9 "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."

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The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience...-Eleanor Roosevelt.....Ephesians3:14-16 "When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will give you mighty inner strength through His Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love."

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If a problem can be solved, then there's no need for worrying, if a problem cannot be solved, then what's the use of worrying?...-Tibetan Saying........Ephesians3:18-19 "And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God."

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I knew Jesus, and He was very precious to me, but I found something deep within me that would not stay pleasant, patient, and kind. I did what I could to keep those traits suppressed, but they were still there. Finally I sought Jesus for help, and when I gave Him my will, He came to my heart and removed everything that would not stay pleasant, patient, and kind. And then He shut the door...-George Fox........1Thessalonians5:23-24 "May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it."

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From Mediocrity to Leadership, from Success to Significance...-Peter Tanchi, CCF..........1Samuel17:45 'David said to Goliath the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty."

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People always rise to the level of their incompetence...-The Peter Principle........ ...Matthew5:13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men."

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A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself...-Jan Christiaan Smuts, South African General........Matthew5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven."

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The law of human behavior: "Sooner or later we get just what we expect."-I have a question to ask you. Is this optimistic or pessimistic? Stop and think about your answer, because your response reveals your attitude. If you expect the worst out of life, then you probably said the law was written by a pessimist. If you have a positive outlook, then you answered optimist because the prospect of getting what you expect is encouraging to you. Your attitude determines your outlook...-John C. Maxwell, Failing Forward........Hebrews4:7b,-12 "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.-For the Word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."

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If anything bad can happen, it will-and at the worst possible time...-Murphy's Law...........Matthew6:22-23, Psalm112:4 "The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!-Unto the upright there ariseth light in that darkness."

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It puts things in perspective real quick. Even though I had won, I just want to know how she's doing, how she's been all day. I forgot for a moment 'Hey, you won a golf tournament'...-Tiger Woods, who became a father for the first time in June07 when Swedish wife Elin gave birth to a daughter Sam Alexis. On the year of his beloved father's death, Woods Jr. had his best season...-US News and World Report........Proverbs10:1 "A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother."

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Leave your luck while still winning. All the best players do it. A fine retreat is as good as a gallant attack. Bring your exploits under cover when there are enough, or even when there are many of them. Luck too long lasting is always suspicious; alternating luck seems safer, and is even sweeter to the taste for a little infusion of bittersweet. The higher the heap of luck, the greater the risk of a slip, and down comes all. Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders...-Baltasar Gracian Maxim38........James4:13-16 "Look here, you people who say, 'Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.' How do you know what will happen tomorrow? For your life is like the morning fog-it is here a little while, then it's gone. What you ought to say is, 'If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.' Otherwise you will be boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil."

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Trust only Movement...-HP...Our lives are original documents which we alone can create. Either we create them or they will never exist. The individual power is within each of us. It is ours to draw from, whenever we wish. It never dies. It simply lies dormant until we come to life...-Leo Buscaglia, Personhood........Romans4:20-25 "Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what He had promised."

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Every difficult task that comes across your path-every one that you would rather not do, that will take the most effort, cause the most pain, and be the greatest struggle-brings a blessing with it. And refusing to do it regardless of the personal cost is to miss the blessing. Every difficult stretch of road on which you see the Master's footprints and along which He calls you to follow Him leads unquestionably to blessings. That which you will never receive unless you travel the steep and thorny path...-J.R. Miller........Deuteronomy1:36 "I will give him... the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly."

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Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is...-Oswald Chambers........1Corinthians2:12 "We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us."

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Oh, for faith that brings the triumph/ When defeat seems very near!/ Oh, for faith that brings the triumph/ Into victory's ringing cheer-/ Faith triumphant; knowing not defeat or fear...-Herbert Booth.........Psalm23:4 "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

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The shepherd chooses to take his flock into the high country by way of the valleys for yet another reason. That is where the richest feed and best forage is to be found along the route. These grassy glades are often on the floor of steep-walled canyons and gulches. There may be towering cliffs above them on either side. The valley floor itself may be in dark shadow...-W. Phillip Keller........Psalm36:7 "How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings."

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All the care, all the work, all the alert watchfulness, all the skill, all the concern, all the self-sacrifice are born of His love-the love of one who loves His sheep, loves His work, and loves His role as my Shepherd........John10:14-15 "Jesus said, 'I am the good Shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-just as the Father knows me and I Know the Father-and I lay down My life for the sheep."

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The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine where others see shadows and storm...- Marden........Psalm98:2 "The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations."

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You are a product of your thought life...-Chip Ingram........Psalm139:23 "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

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Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?"...-Cicero........Colossians3:21"Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged."

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It's going to be a very different world...-Lee Kwan Yew........Matthew24:35 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away."

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Winning is everything...-Sumner Redstone........1Corinthians10:25-26 "Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air."

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We each have our own styles and personalities'...-Steve Wynn........2Corinthians9:15 "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift."

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Your image is every bit as valuable as your real estate holdings, bank accounts, and inventory. Jesus knew that people would distort His message, so He sought to curtail the spread of His fame. He didn't hide the truth, but He understood the need to protect it from misinterpretation...-Jim Seybert, Leaders........Matthew9:28b-31 "Do you believe that I am able to do this?-'Yes, Lord,' they replied. Then He touched their eyes and said, 'According to your faith will it be done to you'; and their sight was restored. Jesus sternly warned them, "See that no one knows about this. But they went out and spread His fame all over the region."

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The world is looking for iron leaders, iron armies, iron tendons, and muscles of steel. But God is looking for iron saints, and since there is no way to impart iron into His people's moral nature except by letting them suffer, He allows them to suffer...-L.B.Cowman, Streams............Psalm105:18-19 "They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons, till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the Lord proved him true."

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I must get the thing settled between myself and God in the secret places of my soul where no stranger intermeddles, and then I can go forth with the certainty that the battle is won. Nothing has any power over the man who has fought out the battle before God and won there.....More and more ablaze for the glory of God-My Utmost for His Highest...-Oswald Chambers........Jeremiah4:1"If you will return, O Israel, 'return to Me', declares the Lord."

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I am neither a sacrilege nor a privilege/ i may not be competent or excellent/ but i am present./ My happiness is me/ not you/ Not only because you may be temporary/ But also because you may want me to be/ What I am not./ I cannot be happy when I change/ Merely to satisfy your selfishness/ Nor can I feel content/ When you criticize me for not thinking/ Your thoughts for not seeing/ like you. You call me a rebel/ Yet for each time I have rejected/ Your beliefs, you have rebelled against mine./ I do not try to mould your mind/ I know you are trying hard enough to be just you/ And I cannot allow you to tell me what to be/ For I am concentrating on being me./ You said i was transparent/ And easily forgotten/ But why then did you try to use my lifetime/ To prove to yourself what you are?...-Michelle, the young poetess...........Acts4:12 "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

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Paul assured his readers that God can be relied upon to finish what He starts. The lesson for Leaders is that we need to reassure people that we place a high value on completed tasks. If you have trouble crossing the finish line, find someone you can rely on to bring the job home. Celebrate enthusiastically when tasks are completed...-Jim Seybert, For Leaders........Philippians1:6 "God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished."