Inspirations - Friday, January 31, 2020

Great minds have great purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Washington Irving - 1783-1859
Author, Biographer, and Historian

Inspirations - Thursday, January 30, 2020

Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
1694-1778 - Writer and Philosopher

Praise & Power - Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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Praise & Power

Wednesday 1/29/2020

PRAISE

Real spiritual friendship is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble

God in deeper and deeper ways.

POWER

Remember you don't need a certain number

of friends, you just need a number of friends you can be certain of.

God Speed     

Julius L. Cartwright

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

Alan Alda - Actor, Director, and Author

Inspirations - Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Look well to this day. Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.

Excerpt from an ancient Sanskrit poem

Inspirations - Monday, January 27, 2020

The success gene lives in every person regardless of the results they are presently getting - we are spiritual beings and spirit is always for expansion and fuller expression.

Bob Proctor - Author and Speaker

Inspirations - Friday, January 24, 2020

Hate is just as injurious to the hater as it is to the hated. Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Many of our inner conflicts are rooted in hate. This is why psychiatrists say, “Love or perish.” Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Inspirations - Thursday, January 23, 2020

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Praise & Power - Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Praise & Power
Wednesday 1/22/2020
PRAISE
"LIFE can be full of unexpected things, either happy or sad,
but no matter what things happen, just always keep a loving heart, a wise mind and a strong faith in God who will always stay with us through all the journey of our Lives."
POWER
Live in such a way,
that if someone spoke badly of you................
NO ONE
Would Believe it.

We Rise By Lifting Others
    Julius L. Cartwright

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 22, 2020

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Inspirations - Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirations - Monday, January 20, 2020

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For a special MLK Tribute from friend and mentor Harvey Alston, visit
http://blackhistory247.blogspot.com/2020/01/visionary-leadership-tribute-to-dr.html 

Inspirations - Friday, January 17, 2020

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. 

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirations - Thursday, January 16, 2020

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. 

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirations - Tuesday, January 14, 2020

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BC - 43 BC
Roman Philosopher and Statesman

Inspirations - Monday, January 13, 2020

When you affirm big, believe big, and pray big, big things happen.

Norman Vincent Peale - 1898-1993
Minister and Author

Inspirations - Friday, January 10, 2020

When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds.

Napoleon Hill - 1883-1970
Author

Inspirations - Thursday, January 9, 2020

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

John Homer Miller - 1910-1944
Teacher

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 8, 2020

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.

John Maxwell
Author and Speaker

inspirations - Tuesday, January 7, 2020

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

Harrison Ford
Actor

Inspirations - Monday, January 6, 2020

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

Jesse Owens 1913-1980
Olympic Gold Medalist

Reminder and Reflections Past - Still Valid for 2020 - OH YES WE CAN!

Published in 1995, and Still; in 2020, OH YES WE CAN!

Inspirations - Friday, January 3, 2020

Hello, Welcome to Flight #2020. We are prepared to take off into the New Year. Please make sure your Attitude and Blessings are secured and locked in an upright position. All self-destructive devices should be turned off at this time.

All negativity, hurt and discouragement should be put away. Should we lose Altitude under pressure, during the flight, reach up and pull down a Prayer. Prayers will automatically be activated by Faith. Once your Faith is activated you can assist other passengers. There will be NO BAGGAGE allowed on this flight. 

The Captain (GOD) has cleared us for takeoff. Destination GREATNESS. Now book your flight!!! Happy New Year.

Sent to me by Judy Dickinson on 1-1-2020

Inspirations - Thursday, January 2, 2020

Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.

Robert Collier - 1885-1950 - Author

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Switch your mentality from "I'm broken and helpless," to "I'm growing and healing," and watch how fast your life changes, for the better.

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