063018 quotes

Four things for success …

Work and pray, think and believe.
- Norman Vincent Peale

I don't know anything of luck.

I've never banked on it,

And I'm afraid of people who do.

Luck to me is something else;

Hard work and realizing what

Opportunity is and what isn't.
- Lucille Ball

When you face discouragement,

You can do one of two things,

And the one you choose will color

Your perspective.

You can look at others to place the blame,

Or you can look at yourself to discover

Your opportunities. The choice is yours.

- John C. Maxwell

062918 quotes

What you become directly influences what you get.
- Jim Rohn

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it,

that whips you.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

When was the last time you woke up and realized that

today could be the best day of your life?

- Steve Marabol

062818 quotes

Life is like riding a bicycle.

You don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

- Anonymous

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears

So we could hear twice as much as we speak.

- Epictetus

Our grand business in life is not to see what

Lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly

Lies at hand.

- Thomas Carlyle

062718 quotes

One of the basic needs of every human being

Is the need to be loved, to have our wishes and

Feelings taken seriously, to be validated as people

Who matter.

- Harold S. Kushner

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover

Happiness is in fact for most men at all times

The secret motive of all they do, and of all they

Are willing to endure.

- William James

Just as your car runs more smoothly and

Requires less energy to go faster and farther

When the wheels are in perfect alignment,

You perform better when your thoughts,

Feelings, emotions, goals, and values are

In balance.

- Brian Tracy

062618 quotes

It is the province of knowledge to speak,

And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

- Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr.

Kindness is the oil that takes the friction

Out of life.

- Anonymous

Some people get the breaks;

Some people make their own.

- Anonymous

062518 quotes

If you want a place in the sun,

You have to put up with a few blisters

- Abigail Van Buren

Believe in yourself,

Take on your challenges,

Dig deep within yourself to conquer fears.

Never let anyone bring you down.

You got to keep going.

- Chantal Sutherland

I love to win,

But I love to lose almost as much.

I love the thrill of victory,

And I also love the challenge of defeat.

- Lou Gehrig

062418 Till Jesus

Where No One Stands Alone

062318 quotes

If you're not sure where you are going,

You’re liable to end up someplace else

- Robert F. Mager

Embrace what you don’t know,

Especially in the beginning,

Because what you don’t know can

Become your greatest asset.

It ensures that you will absolutely

Be doing things different from everybody else.

- Sara Blakely

There's a reason I swam five straight years

And didn't take a single day off.

There are reasons why I swam every holiday,

Every Christmas, every birthday.

I was trying to be as prepared as I could,

And I tried to see what I could really do

And what my potential was.

I just really did kind of whatever it took.

- Michael Phelps

062118 quotes

I don't sing because I am happy;

I'm happy because I sing.

- William James

If a man writes a better book,

Preaches a better sermon,

Or makes a better mousetrap

Than his neighbor,

The world will make a beaten

Path to his door.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

If someone were to pay ten cents

For every kind word you ever spoke

And collect five cents for every unkind word,

Would you be rich or poor?

- Anonymous

062018 quotes

Great works are performed not by

Strength but by perseverance

- Samuel Johnson

Hard work without talent is a shame,

But talent without hard work is a tragedy

- Robert Half

Hold fast to your dreams,

For if dreams die,

Then life is like a broken winged

Bird that cannot fly

- Langston Hughes

061918 quotes

Every great and commanding movement

In the annals of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm.

- Anonymous

Getting something done is an accomplishment;

Getting something done right is an achievement.

- Anonymous

I can give you a six-word formula for success …

Think things through … then follow through.

- Edward Rickenbacker

061818 quotes

Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves,

Not a favor we do to the other party.

- Harold S. Kushner

The purpose in life is not to win.

The purpose in life is to grow and to share.

When you come to look back on all that you

Have done in life, you will get more satisfaction

From the pleasure you have brought into other

People’s lives than you will from the times that

You outdid and defeated them.

- Harold S. Kushner

People are so busy chasing happiness …

If they would slow down and turn around,

They would give it a chance to catch up with them.

- Harold S. Kushner

Daddy's Hands

061618 quotes

DAD …

A son's first hero.

A daughter’s first love.

- Anonymous

The quality of a father can be seen in the goals,

Dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself,

But for his family.

- Anonymous

F.A.M.I.L.Y is one of the strongest words

Anyone can say, because the letters of FAMILY

Means Father And Mother I Love You!

- Anonymous

061518 quotes

Winning is not everything,

But the effort to win is.

- Zig Ziglar

Success is almost totally dependent

Upon drive and persistence.

The extra energy required to make

Another effort or try another approach

Is the secret of winning.

- Denis Waitley

All right Mister, let me tell you what

Winning means …

You’re willing to go longer,

Work harder,

Give more than anyone else.

- Coach Vince Lombardi

USMC Band - You're a Grand Old Flag

061418 quotes

Posterity …

You will never know how much it has cost
my generation to preserve your freedom.
I hope you will make good use of it.
- John Quincy Adams

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag,
but in striving that our country shall be

Righteous as well as strong.
- James Bryce

We establish no religion in this country,

Nor will we ever. We command no worship.

We mandate no belief.

But we poison our society when we remove

Its theological underpinnings. . . .

Without God, there is no virtue, because there's

No prompting of the conscience.

Without God, we're mired in the material,

That flat world that tells us only what the

Senses perceive.

Without God, there is a coarsening of the society.

And without God, democracy will not and cannot

Long endure.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God,

Then we will be a nation gone under.

- Ronald Wilson Reagan

061318 quotes

I hope you live a life you're proud of.

If you find that you're not,

I hope you have the strength to start

All over again.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

So many people walk around with a

Meaningless life.

They seem half-asleep, even when they're

Busy doing things they think are important.

This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

- Morrie Schwartz

Sometimes you’ve got to make the job

You’ve got an even better job and quit

Worrying about the next job.

- Coach Nick Saban

A Coon Huntin' Story ~ Jerry Clower

Stanley Brothers - Hold To God's Unchanging Hand

061218 in honor of my grandpa Woodrow Childs

My Grandpa Woodrow Childs passed from this life

two years ago today on June 12^th, 2016 he rejoined

my Granny Ozell Childs in Paradise. 

He was born at Ripley, MS on November 4^th, 1916.

Grandpa Childs was a Christian. He gave his life to

the Lord in 1936 and was a long time member at

Kossuth Church of Christ.

He and my granny raised 3 boys who became 

gospel preachers. One of his favorite songs was,

“Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand.”

Grandpa Childs was a retired farmer and land 

owner and served as a Director of Farm Bureau

Insurance Company, Corinth, MS for 40 years.

Grandpa Childs loved his family and friends and 

always worked hard and enjoyed his work on the farm.

He loved the outdoors and was an avid coon hunter.

I think about him everyday and look forward to that 

day when we will all be together in Heaven…

He is gone … but not forgotten… 

by those who loved him the most…

“It is better to be respected than to be rich.

A good name is worth more than silver or gold.”

Proverbs 22:1 ERV

061118 quotes

Our attitude toward life determines

Life’s attitude towards us.

- Earl Nightingale

Nobody gets to live life backward.

Look ahead that is where your future lies.

- Esther Lederer

I really fished mainly because I wanted

To be alone on the middle of a lake.
- Susan A. Toth

060818 quotes

When you close the door of your mind

To negative thoughts, the door of

Opportunity opens to you.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda,

Or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda,

You woulda done it.
- Pat Riley

History has demonstrated that the most

Notable winners usually encountered

Heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed.

They won because they refused to become

Discouraged by their defeats.

- B.C. Forbes

060718 quotes

Live each day as if it were your last day …

Someday you’ll be right.

- Anonymous

Your words are

The greatest power

You have.

- Sonia Choquette

Nothing is more important

Than reconnecting with

Your bliss.

Nothing is as rich,

Nothing is more real.

- Deepak Chopra

060618 quotes

The reward of a thing well done

Is to have done it.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Knowledge is only potential power.

It becomes power only when, and if,

It is organized into definite plans of

Action and directed to a definite end.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

The outer conditions of a person's life

Will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.
- James Lane Allen

060518 quotes

A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.

- Michael Jordan

Anyone can quit when the going is hard,

But a thoroughbred never quits until he wins.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

Failure happens only when we quit trying

And is only a temporary condition.

The only thing that can make it permanent

Is giving up.

- Coach Dale Brown

060418 quotes

Excellence is when who you are

Equals the best of who you can be.

- Peng Joon

If life hands you a lemon, don’t complain,

But instead make lemonade to sell to those

Who are thirsty from complaining.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

That you may retain your self-respect,

It is better to displease the people by doing

What you know is right, than to temporarily

Please those by doing what you know are wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker