#821 - Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

"All motivation is self-motivation.  Your family, your boss, your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide what yo accomplish, nothing will happen."

Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

#820 - Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

"Why do some succeed where others have failed?  All other things being equal, the difference between success and failure is simple resourcefulness: Maximizing the value of what you already have."

Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

#819 - Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

"Part of being smart involves knowing when to admit you don't know something.  the brightest people ask the most questions.  If you don't know, ask."

Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

#818 - Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

"Read.  And read some more.  Reading is the single most effective way to gain knowledge, which turns into intelligence.  Try visiting a bookstore at least once a month.  Since the average American buys just one book a year, you'll have an almost unfair advantage!"

Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

#816 - Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

"The least engaging activity ever designed is television.  Not only are you totally passive when you spend time gazing at the tube, but it often takes hours to clear your mind of TV's numbing images.  It's like brain pollution.  For one week, turn off the television and watch what happens to your mind."

Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

#815 - Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"

Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

#814 - Nancy Lopez Quote

"Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder.  Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up."

-Nancy Lopez, former golfer

#813 - Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

"A balanced lifestyle doesn't necessarily mean less work and more play.  It does involve caring for yourself on every level: your body, your heart, your mind, and your soul.  Because caring for yourself makes you a more interesting, interested person - and a better employee."

Excerpt from: Wisdom Inc.

#812 - Excerpt from Wisdom Inc.

"A white tablecloth with one ink ink spot on it is more than 99% clean.  But every person who sees it will remember the stain, not the rest of the cloth."

Excerpt from: Wisdom Inc.

#811 - Larry Bossidy Quote

"You won't remember when you retire what you did in the first quarter of 1994, or the third.  What you'll remember is how many people you developed.  How man people you helped have a better career because of your interest and your dedication to their development...When confused as to how you're doing as a leader, find out how the people you lead are doing.  You'll know the answer."

-Larry Bossidy, former CEO of AlliedSignal

#810 - Excerpt from The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

"Remember, the leader always leaves his or her mark.  The only question is what type of mark is left behind.  Are people better or worse off because the leader was there?"

Excerpt from: The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

#809 - Excerpt from The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

"I am convinced that most people have at least a reasonably good idea what they ought to do in a given situation.  We do have general knowledge of right and wrong and a conscience that can guide us.  The only question is, do we have the will to do the right thing?"

Excerpt from: The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

#808 - Excerpt from The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

"No matter what product or service your organization produces, you are in the relationship business.  Have you figured this out yet?  It took me twenty years to understand that all life is - all business is - is a series of relationships.  Without people, there is no business." 

Excerpt from: The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

#807 - John Maxwell Quote

"Leadership is influence - nothing more and nothing less."

-John Maxwell

#806 - Excerpt from The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

"Leadership is influencing people to willingly, even enthusiastically, contribute their hearts, minds, creativity, excellence, and other resources toward a mutually beneficial goal.  Leadership is influencing people to commit to the mission.  Leadership is influencing poel to become the best they are capable of becoming.  Accordingly, leadership is not synonymous with management.  Leadership is synonymous with influence."

Excerpt from: The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

#805 - Excerpt from The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

"Leadership involves getting people from the neck up.  Leadership is influencing people to contribute their hearts, minds, spirits, creativity, and excellence and to give their all for their team.  Leadership is getting people to commit to the mission, to take the hill, to be all they can be."

Excerpt from: The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

#804 - Excerpt from The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

"Simply knowing how to do the job well has little to do with developing the skills necessary to inspire others to do the job well."

Excerpt from: The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

#803 - Excerpt from The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

"Management is about the things we do: the planning, the budgeting, the organizing, the problem solving, being in control, maintaining order, developing strategies, and a host of other things.  Management is what we do.  Leadership is who we are."

excerpt from: The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle

#802 - Johnny Kerr Quote

"If a coach starts listening to the fans, he winds up sitting next to them."

-Johnny Kerr
Former Coach, Chicago Bulls

#801 - John 6:35

Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life.  He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.."

John 6:35

#800 - Doc Rivers Quote

"Risking it all makes every moment meaningful; the intensity is not something to fear or avoid, but something to relish with a rowdy grin."

-Glenn "Doc" Rivers
Former Guard, NY Knicks

#799 - John 12:46

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who belives in me should stay in darkness.

John 12:46

#798 - Charley Conerly Quote

"When you win, you're an old pro. When you lose, you're an old man."

-Charley Conerly
Former Quarterback, NY Giants

#797 - Never Forget

#796 - Excerpt from TORN Trusting God When Life Leaves You in Pieces

"Most of us, when faced with daunting challenges, say confidently, 'I've got this.'  But it makes infinitely more sense to say, 'God, you take this one."

- Excerpt from TORN Trusting God When Life Leaves You in Pieces

#795 - Carlton Fisk Quote

"If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball."

-Carlton Fisk
Former Catcher, Chicago White Sox

#794 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

"There are two benefits we receive from adversity that cannot be acquired through any other means.  First, you develop qualities of patience, strength, courage, compassion, kindness, love, humility, and faith.  Second, you become infinitely more valuable to others when they experience adversity.  The people best equipped to help others through adversity are those who have already gone through it."

 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

#793 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

"Simply stated, wisdom is the effective application of truth to your daily behavior."

 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

#792 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

"I would rather be broke and have more time to enjoy with my family than have billions of dollars and die prematurely."

 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

#791 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

"As long as our heart is focused upon what we don't have and on what we think we're entitled to, we will not be happy!"

 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

#790 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

"A vision is a precise, clearly defined goal with a detailed plan and timetable for achieving that goal."

 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

#789 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

"Diligence is a learnable skill that combines: creative persistence, a smart-working effort rightly planned and rightly performed in a timely, efficient, and effective manner to attain a result that is pure and of the highest quality of excellence."

 - Excerpt from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

#788 - Wesley Rickey Quote

"The only way to make progress is to make more progress."

-Wesley Rickey
Baseball Executive

#787 - Joe Montana Quote

"I'm taking a day a a time. Sometimes I'm winning, sometimes I'm losing, but nothing is premeditated."

-Joe Montana
Former Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers

#786 - Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

"The problem you are facing right now - the one that has you overwhelmed - has it left you feeling barren and empty?  Maybe you are thinking, I don't feel God's presence.  I don't know what's going on in my life, and I feel rejected by everyone I know.  Truly, God must hate me.  But think again.  Although those are common human emotional responses to suffering, could it be that God has put you in this place so that you would look to the Lord alone for your sustenance and provision?  Maybe the Lord wishes to show you that He's bigger than your family; bigger than your rejecting friends; and bigger than the pit, the barrenness and the loneliness that surround you."

- Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

#785 - Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

"God is sovereignly in control.  He allows trials for on purpose: to move us from the point where we are currently to the point where He wants us to be.  He is growing us into people who are tender and compassionate, but have spirits of iron and steel - people whose faith is rock solid.  When we've closed down the business, when we've struggled with an unwanted divorce or when we've gone through children running away or leaving the faith -when we've experienced trials of any magnitude - with some distance and reflection, we soon realize that God has redeemed our experience, and that we are stronger than we have ever been in our walk with the Lord.  No one can take that away."

 - Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

#784 - Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

"That difficult place we currently find ourselves in may just be the training ground that God is using to make us a better parent, a better spouse, a better worker, a better steward and a better Christian.  Our attitude should humbly be: "God, let me blossom where You have put me."

- Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

#783 - Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

"When we come to the end of ourselves and pursue the Lord, it's then that He is most likely to do a major work in our lives.  In fact, sometimes that is exactly what God is waiting for: for us to come to the end of our rope, so that we surrender completely to Him and allow Him to take absolute control."

"Far too often, we try to fix things ourselves and keep control over our problems, which just makes them worse.  When we reach a point at which we realize that we don't have the strength, the answers or the ability to fix the problems, this marks the beginning of our getting out of the way so God can take over."

- Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

#782 - Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

"The Lord is in the business of changing lives.  Often, as part of that process, He allows difficult circumstances to enter our lives in order to fashion us into the godly people He wants us to be.  through trials and difficulties, God is able to draw us into a much deeper walk with Him.  Furthermore, it is by His Spirit that He works out all things for good according to His purposes."

- Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

#781 - Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

"Perhaps you are in a wilderness experience right now.  If so, then rejoice, for your journey through the wilderness is going to lead you to a place of gladness.  God is going to use your dark and painful trials to bring about His good purposes for you.  Your desert experience is going to give birth to a blossoming rose.  In other words, God is going to use this season to restore you, as only He can."

- Excerpt from Overwhelmed by God and Not Your Troubles by Steve Mays

#780 - Ralph Miller Quote

"You can teach anything if you believe in it and you can understand it."

-Ralph Miller
Former Coach, Iowa Basketball

#779 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"We have a part to play in this life of risk and faith.  Jesus calls us beyond our comfort level to step into obedience and watch God do great and mighty things.  We say to God, "Show me and I'll believe."  Instead, God says to us, "Believe, and I'll show you."  This is the life of following Jesus Christ.  We say, "God, show me your will and I'll obey you."  God says, "Obey me, and I'll show you my will."  God isn't looking for a bunch of "I should do this because that's what good Christians do" kind of people.  He's looking for "I wouldn't miss this for the world" kind of people."

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#778 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"When God calls us to something, his call invokes both faith and fear.  It should.  God always summons us to something bigger than ourselves.  He loves waiting until all other hope has failed and our natural, human resources are exhausted.  Then he shows up and turns the tide.  When he calls us to battle, the opposition will always be greater than the strength we have.  When the odds are in our favor, we may be tempted to give the credit to ourselves.  God wants whatever happens in our lives to be un-explainable apart from him."

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#777 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"It has been my observation that God's will for us rarely makes sense to us looking forward, but it almost always makes sense in retrospect."

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#776 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"I have no idea where I will be five years from now, and I have ceased caring.  I am going to be faithful in what God has called me to do today, knowing that tomorrow he will direct me."

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#775 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"Pharaohs stood against God and failed; Nazis and communists have tried to stamp out God's movement and succeeded only in spreading it farther; Caesars and Herods have shaken their fists at God, but no one has ever been able to stop the purposes of God in human history.  Why, then, if we believe God to be that powerful, do we think we can so easily miss doing his will?  God is so good, so sovereign, and so caring that he will reveal his will to us if our hearts are open.  There are no magic formulas to this, no seven-step lists to memorize, no guaranteed incantations.  There is just the simple trust that God will lead us where he wants us to go and we cannot miss it if we simply keep our eyes open."

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#774 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"Jesus had been, and always will be, a threat to the established order of things.  This should no longer suprise us today.  Two thousand years of church history should suggest that the movement of Jesus is most dangerous when it is opposed.  It should not suprise us that some in our culture find an innocuous "Merry Christmas" or bland nativity scene offensive.  Our world doesn't want to be remided of Christ - because he forces us to choose.  In our just-do-it, have-it-all kind of world, the revolution of Jesus forces us to choose: Who is King? Who is Lord? What empire do you serve? What god do you bow down to?"

-Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#773 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"Two different empires were established on the day of Jesus's birth.  One built on power, the other on love.  One built on control, the other on freedom.  One built on oppression and bondage, the other on liberation.  Augustus was the embodiment of the best the world in all its ambition and lust can offer, a ruler who sat at the apex of a world-wide system of worship and domination.  Jesus, on the other hand, was destined to humble himself on a tree, sacrificing himself out of love.  Jesue represents the dangerous alternative to the power of this world: a different power, a different glory, a different peace, and a different salvation.  The Christmas story ceases to be an idyllic myth: it becomes clear these two empires are destined to collide.  The birth of Jesus is divine insurrection and outright revolution.  The Christmas story forces us to choose between these two kingdoms.  Do we bow before the Caesars of our time, or dare we embrace the kingdom of Jesus?"

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#772 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"We must constantly guard against the counterfeit Jesus who pervades our culture and churches.  The real one is far bigger and more dangerous than we realize.  We must consciously resist the temptation to tone him down or soften his teachings, or we may miss him altogether."

-Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#771 - C.S. Lewis Quote

"It would seem our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak...We are far too easily please."

-C.S. Lewis

#770 - Nadia Comaneci Quote

"I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know these things only after I've finished my mission."

-Nadia Comaneci
Former Romanian Gymnast

#769 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"If God always met our expectations, He'd never be able to exceed them.  Sometimes God takes us to antoher level by building higher.  Sometimes He does it by digging deeper.  But at all times He is working for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#768 - Ephesians 4:31,32

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.  Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Ephesians 4:31,32

#767 - Charley Finley Quote

"Sweat plus sacrifice equals success."

-Charley Finley
Former Owner, Oakland A's

#766 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"Don't let what you expected keep you from what God wants you to experience.  God has plans for you that you know nothing about right now.  That means He may take you down paths that seem to lead to nowhere.

Believing God means assuming that He is always working, even when our faith and prayers and love don't seem to be working at all.  Realizing this opens our hearts to accept what God has allowed in each season of our lives without being overtaken by discouragement.  The more we can rest in this confidence, the wider our spiritual eyes will open to the blessings the Father has already given us."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#765 - Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

Proverbs 21:19

Choose wisely....-Love Dad

#764 - John Roper Quote

"Hit your ball over the fence, and you can take your time around the bases."

-John Roper
Former Pitcher, NY Mets

#763 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"There's only one thing worse than being single and lonely.  And that's being married and lonely."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#762 - Proverbs 19:11

A  man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 19:11

#761 - John Mazur Quote

"If your work is not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."

-John Mazur
Former Head Coach, New England Patriots

#760 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"The One who lives outside of time invites you into a reality that is informed by his perfect plans to give you hope and a future.  God speaks in the past tense about battles you're currently fighting.  And He burries the shame of yesterday in order to resurrect the moment you are in and sustain you in the season He is calling you to embrace."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#759 - Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:1

#758 - Jimmy Johnson Quote

"To hell with X's and O's. If everyone in our organization is performing at a maximum level, we'll win."

-Jimmy Johnson
Former Head Coach, Dallas Cowboys

#757 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"The very thing that fear seeks to separate us from - the voice of the Lord - is infinitely more powerful and persistent than the threats that attempt to silence it."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#756 - Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

"It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek.

It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy.

It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you."

Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

#755 - Ephesians 4:26

In your anger do not sin, do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.

Ephesians 4:26

#754 - Reggie Jackson Quote

"I don't want to be liked. I just want to be respected."

-Reggie Jackson
Former Outfielder, NY Yankees

#753 - Except from The 1% Solution

"People who work 10 to 12 hours a day are more than 56 percent likelier to develop heart disease or have a hear attack than people who work less than 10 hours.  The tragic thing is, it's not even worth it anyway, because beyond a certain point, spending extra time at work actually becomes counterproductive."

Except from The 1% Solution by Tom Connellan

#752 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"Fear often finds it's power, not in our actual situation, but in what we tell ourselves about our situation."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#751 - Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

"If you're dating someone, what kind of man is he?  Does he demonstrate that he's the kind of man who would die for you?  What is his posture toward the world?  Does he serve, or is he waiting to be served?  Does he believe that he's owed something, that he's been shortchanged, that he's gotten the short end of the stick, that life owes him something?  Or is he out to see what he can give?  Does he see himself as being here to make the world a better place?

These are the big questions that you need to ask yourself....

...What does he expect of you?  Does he expect you to sleep with him when he hasn't committed to you forever?  Does he want all of you without his having to give all of him?

Can you tell him anything?  Can he be trusted?

Can you open up to him, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, knowing that he will protect, not exploit, that vulnerability?"

Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell 

#750 - Colossians 3:21

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Colossians 3:21

#749 - Jim Valvano Quote

"Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead."

-Jim Valvano
Former Coach, NC State Basketball

#748 - Except from The 1% Solution

"It takes a minimum of 21 days for your brain to get used to something new and form new connections.  So a minimum of 21 days of conscious effort is required to establish a positive habit or break a negative one."

Except from The 1% Solution by Tom Connellan

#747 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"Winning can be as exhausting as losing.  Sometimes the pressure of success can drain you at an even deeper level than the frustration of failure."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#746 - Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

"You don't need a man by your side to validate you as a woman.  You already are loved and valued.  You're good enough exactly as you are.  Do you believe in this?  Because it's true.  You have limitless worth and value.  If you embrace this truth, it will affect every area of your life, especially your relationship with men.

You are worth dying for.

Your worth does not come from your body, your mind, your work, what you produce, what you put out, how much you make.  Your worth does not come from whether or not you have a man.  Your worth does not come from whether or not men notice you.  You have inestimable worth that comes from your Creator.

You will continue to be tempted in a thousand different ways not to believe this.  The temptation will be to go searching for your worth and validity from places other than your Creator.

Especially from men.

But you don't have to give yourself away to earn a man's love.  You're better than that.  You're already loved."

Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

#745 - Proverbs 22:24,25

Do not make friends with a hot tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,
or you man learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.

Proverbs 22:24,25

#744 - Dick Vitale Quote

"We've got too many boy scouts on this team and not enough killers."

-Dick Vitale
Former Coach, Detroit Pistons

#743 - Except from The 1% Solution

"You can think about tomorrow, and maybe dream a bit about the future - but doing your best in the present has to be the rule."

Except from The 1% Solution by Tom Connellan

#742 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"Even in our crisis moments and nightmare seasons, God speaks.  And our ability to hear His voice above all others can be the difference between the life and death of our faith."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#741 - Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

"It's a big task the man is given, and it's reflected in the number of words in the passage (Ephesians 1-4).  In the Greek, the command for the woman is 47 words long, while the commands for the man are 143 words long.  The onus here is on the man to love with the kind of love that will go all the way to death if it has to.

What if she were loved like this?"

Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

#740 - Proverbs 15:18

A hot tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 15:18

#739 - John Madden Quote

"Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear."

-John Madden
Former Coach, Oakland Raiders

#738 - Excerpt from The 1% Solution

"It's been proven in a few different studies"..."If you want to make it to the elite level of anything - business, math, science, music, literature, chess, pinochle, whatever - it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice."

Excerpt from The 1% Solution by Tom Connellan

#737 - Excerpt from Gung Ho!

"But don't forget that sometime the best way to lead is to find out where people are going anyway and then get out front."

-excerpt from Gung Ho! by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles

#736 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"The world of what-ifs is a black hole, and it will suck your joy, peace, and hope into its vortex if you venture near its vicinity."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#735 - Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

"Healthy marriages all have this sense of mutual abandon to each other.  They've both jumped, in essence, into the arms of the other.  There is a sense of mutual abandon between them.  If one holds back, if one refrains, it doesn't work."

Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

#734 - Proverbs 14:17

A quick tempered man does foolish things...

Proverbs 14:17

#733 - Bobby Dodd Quote

"If you send a team on the field with tears in their eyes, they can't see who to block."

-Bobby Dodd
Former Coach, Georgia Tech Football

#732 - Except from The 1% Solution

"Well I don't care what anyone else says, if you want to get good at something, it's all about practice.  Practice, practice, practice.  In fact, to be the best of the best, you'd have to practice for 10,000 hours."

Except from The 1% Solution by Tom Connellan

#731 - Excerpt from Gung Ho!

"Goal setting is a big problem in most organizations.  The managers think because they print a goal in the annual report or announce it at some meeting, the goal is shared.  They may have shared it, but if the team doesn't commit, it isn't a shared goal."

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."

"That's it.  If a horse doesn't drink, it just isn't shared water.  It's the buy in that makes the difference.  It's the commitment to making the goal a reality that has to be shared."

-excerpt from Gung Ho! by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles

#730 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"The Enemy can't keep you from being who God says you are.  But he can blind you from realizing who God says you are."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#729 - Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

"Love is handing your heart to someone and taking the risk that they will hand it back because they don't want it.  That's why it's such a crushing ache on the inside.  We gave away a part of ourselves and it wasn't wanted.

Love is giving away of power.  When we love, we give the other person the power in the relationship.  They can do what they choose.  they can do what they like with our love.  They can reject it, they can accept it, they can step towards us in gratitude and appreciation.

Love is giving away.  When we love, we put ourselves out there, we expose ourselves, we allow ourselves to be vulnerable.

Love is giving up control.  It's surrendering the desire to control the other person.  The two - love and controlling power over the other person - are mutually exclusinve.  If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all of the desires within us to manipulate the relationship."

Excerpt from Sex God by Rob Bell

#728 - Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

#727 - Heywood Brown Quote

"Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment."

-Heywood Brown
Sportswriter

# 726 - Except from The 1% Solution

"There's no point in doing well that which you should not be doing at all."


Except from The 1% Solution by Tom Connellan

#725 - Excerpt from Gung Ho!

"If you're not the lead dog the scenery never changes."

-excerpt from Gung Ho! by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles