I enjoy bass fishing, deer hunting and golfing in the south.
Sing with gladness
Banish your sadness.
- Anonymous
Sing your song and
Your whole heart
Will be in the singing.
- Anonymous
"I learned very early in life that,
`Without a song, the day would never end;
Without a song, a man ain't got a friend;
Without a song, the road would never bend …
Without a song.' So I keep singing a song...."
- Elvis Presley
If you believe you can do it,
go out there and do it because
that's the only way you're
gonna get it!
- Harry Main
It is not work that kills men,
it is worry.
Work is healthy;
you can hardly put more on a
man, then he can bear.
But worry is rust upon the blade.
It is not movement that destroys
the machinery, but friction.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Spectacular achievements come
From unspectacular preparation.
- Roger Staubach
(Heisman Trophy winner at the Naval Academy
And two-time Super Bowl Winning Quarterback
for the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and
Successful Entrepreneur)
ROLL TIDE ROLL ...
What you get by achieving your goals
is not nearly as important as what you
become by achieving your goals.
- Zig Ziglar
Confidence comes from
the inside of the body ...
not the outside.
- Marc Solomon
The key to success is to focus
our conscious mind on things
we desire, not things we fear.
- Brian Tracy
Ambition is expecting the best of yourself.
Arrogance believes you are better than others.
Ambition is the desire to make a difference.
Arrogance is the belief that you’re indispensable.
Ambition is doing whatever it takes to accomplish
What you know you deserve.
Arrogance is thinking that the world owes you
something, and doing what you can to take it.
Ambition is disciplined and assertive.
Arrogance is pushy.
Ambition is responsible and respectful.
Arrogance is destructive and disdainful.
-Ralph S. Marston Jr.
Some people say that dreaming
Gets you nowhere in life.
But I say you can't get anywhere
In life
without dreaming.
- Rose Zadra
A positive mind finds a way
It can be done.
A negative mind looks for
All the ways it can’t be done.
- Napoleon Hill Foundation
Formulate and stamp indelibly
On your mind a mental picture
Of yourself as succeeding.
Hold this picture tenaciously and
Never permit it to fade.
Your mind will seek to develop
This picture!
- Norman Vincent Peale
Sunday was the 57th anniversary
Of the assassination of our
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
These quotes are published in his
Loving memory…
The time to repair the roof
Is when the sun is shining.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Efforts and courage are not
Enough without purpose
And direction.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The American, by nature, is optimistic,
He is experimental, and inventor and
A builder who builds best when called
Upon to build greatly.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Let’s Be Thankful
Did you know that the words, "think" and "thank" in English are from the
same root word? The Old English form of "thank" was thanc which means
"thought, gratitude."
So, "thanksgiving" is really "thinksgiving." And that’s as it should be.
If a person is genuinely thoughtful, he ought to be thankful.
Think about how much you have to be thankful for. Life is fundamentally good.
Even with tough times and harsh hardships, there is more good than bad in life.
Few of us are so abused that we can truthfully, consistently wish never to have
been born.
Think about how much you have that you did not make. Suppose that you were
Robinson Crusoe, stranded on some desert island. How long would it take you
to make a pencil? Write a book? Build a computer? Develop a vaccine?
The whole world of human achievement is ours to draw upon. With all its flaws,
human culture gives us uncountable riches.
Think about how much you owe others. "No man is an island," said John Donne.
"None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself,"
said the Apostle Paul. Most of our life would be dull and dreary without steady
interaction with others. With all the frustrations and friction of such relationships,
most of us would rather not be hermits, sealed off from the human touch.
If you really think, you cannot help but give thanks. The two just go together.
- William Eudy
***
When upon life’s billows
You are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged,
Thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings,
Name them one by one,
And it will surprise you
What the Lord hath done.
Are you ever burdened
With a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy
You are called to bear?
Count your many blessings,
Every doubt will fly,
And you will keep singing
As the days go by.
When you look at others
With their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised
You His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings.
Wealth can never buy
Your reward in Heaven,
Nor your home on high.
So, amid the conflict
Whether great or small,
Do not be disheartened,
God is over all;
Count your many blessings,
Angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you
To your journey’s end.
Count your blessings,
Name them one by one,
Count your blessings,
See what God hath done!
Count your blessings,
Name them one by one,
And it will surprise you
What the Lord hath done.
- Johnson Oatman Jr 1897
Just like waves in the ocean
Come and go,
No challenge is permanent.
Problems will come and go too.
We must enjoy the challenges
Just like we enjoy the waves.
- RVM
Like success,
Failure is many things
To many people.
With a positive mental attitude,
Failure is a learning experience,
A rung on the ladder,
A plateau at which to get your
Thoughts in order and prepare
To try again.
- W. Clement Stone
You don’t have to win the game
Or the race to be a champion.
Actually, your true competition
In life is yourself.
If you strive to constantly improve,
To make each day better,
To make someone else load a
Little lighter,
And to make someone’s day a
Little brighter,
Then you will be living the life
Of a true champion.
- Jace Carlton
There is no such thing
As bad weather,
Just soft people.
- Bill Bowerman
You don't have the
Power to
make life "fair,"
but you do have the
Power to
make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
People
will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
Autumn Apple Sangria Recipe
Sparkling Apple Cider:
This here is a naturally carbonated drink made from unfiltered apple cider.
Adds more apple flavor and I always think of it as carbonated apple juice.
Orange Juice:
Good ole o.j. adds some citrus notes and acts as a beautiful contrast against the apple flavor!
Apples:
I highly recommend honey crisp apples but feel free to use gala, fuji, red delicious,
or McIntosh apples! Any red skinned, sweet + juicy apple will work great here!
Oranges:
Just one of them! And again, like the orange juice, they’ll add some citrus to the apple sangria.
Pomegranate Arils:
Add some color and added sweetness!
Cinnamon Sticks + Star Anise:
Cinnamon sticks add some spice and help elevate the overall flavor and star anise acts as
a great garnish.
When preparation meets
With opportunities,
Destiny is born
- Anonymous
Enthusiasm is a power
That can give dreams to
The dreamless,
Life to the lifeless, and
Hope to the hopeless.
- RVM
Living without failure
Is impossible.
Don’t give up until
Failure is no longer possible.
- Chase Reynolds
You're only here
For a
short visit.
Don't hurry.
Don't
worry.
And be sure to smell
The
flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
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The victory of success is half won
when one gains the habit of setting
goals and achieving them.
- Og Mandino
Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily
make life any easier the next season or even
the next day.
- Phil Jackson
Victory is about recognizing all the work
that went into achieving your dream.
- Tommy Hilfiger
It is necessary for us to learn
From others' mistakes.
You will not live long enough
To make them all yourself.
- Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
Never tell people how to do things.
Tell them what to do and they will
Surprise you with their ingenuity.
- General George S. Patton, Jr.
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone,
The courage to make tough decisions,
And the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
He does not set out to be a leader,
But becomes one by the equality of his actions and
The integrity of his intent.
- General Douglas MacArthur
Some Gave All
I knew a man, called him Sandy Cane
Few folks even knew his name
But a hero, yes was he
Left a boy, came back a man
Still many just don't understand
About the reasons we are free
I can't forget the look in his eyes
Or the tears he cried
As he said these words to me
All Gave Some, Some Gave All
Some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some Gave All
Now Sandy Cane is no longer here
But his words are oh so clear
As they echo throughout our land
For all his friends who gave us all
Who stood their ground and took the fall
To help their fellow man
Love your country and live with pride
And don't forget those who died
America can't you see?
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Yes recall
Some Gave All
Some Gave All
Written by: BILLY RAY CYRUS, CINDY CYRUS
A better world shall emerge based
On faith and understanding
- General Douglas MacArthur
The soldier above all others
Prays for peace, for it is the
Soldier who must suffer and
Bears the deepest wounds of
War.
- General Douglas MacArthur
Could I have but a line a century
Hence crediting a contribution to
The advance of peace, I would yield
Every honor which has been
Accorded by war.
- General Douglas MacArthur
The hour of your redemption is here. . .
Rally to me. . . Rise and strike.
Strike at every favorable opportunity.
For your homes and hearths, strike!
- General Douglas MacArthur
By profession I am a soldier and take
Pride in that fact.
But I am prouder … infinitely prouder …
To be a father.
A soldier destroys in order to build;
The father only builds, never destroys.
The one has the potentiality of death;
The other embodies creation and life.
And while the hordes of death are mighty,
The battalions of life are mightier still.
It is my hope that my son, when I am gone,
Will remember me not from the battle
But in the home repeating with him
Our simple daily prayer,
Our Father who art in heaven.
- General Douglas MacArthur
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
And like the old soldier of that ballad,
I now close my military career and just fade away …
An old soldier who tried to do his duty as God
Gave him the light to see that duty.
- General Douglas MacArthur
Thanksgiving for God’s Righteous Judgment
Psalm 75:1-12
1 We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!
For Your wondrous works declare that Your name
is near.
2 “When I choose the proper time,
I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all its inhabitants are
dissolved;
I set up its pillars firmly. Selah
4 “I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal
boastfully,’
And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn.
5 Do not lift up your horn on high;
Do not speak with a stiff neck.’ ”
6 For exaltation comes neither
from the east
Nor from the west nor from the south.
7 But God is the Judge:
He puts down one,
And exalts another.
8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup,
And the wine is red;
It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth
Drain and drink down.
9 But I will declare forever,
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 “All the horns of the wicked I will
also cut off,
But the horns of the righteous shall be
exalted.”
Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863…
"We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven;
we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity;
We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation
has ever grown.
But we have forgotten God.
We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace
And multiplied and enriched and strengthened us.
We have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts,
That all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom
And virtue in our own lives.
Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too
Self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving
grace,
Too proud to pray to the God that made us."
Sad but true these words could be said
About America today in 2020 …
Many in our land have forgotten God
And the Judaeo-Christian principles this nation
Was founded upon …
Jesus Christ is our only hope!
