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Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable then silver and yields better returns then gold. She is more precious then rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.  Proverbs 3:13-15

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~Langston Hughes  

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. -Mike Krzyzewski 

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.  ~Ansel Adams 

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.  ~Helen Keller

Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there.   ~Virginia Burden

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your heavenly Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.   Mk. 11:25

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled nor let it be fearful.   Jn. 14:27

VThe Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.  Zeph. 3:17 ESV
l will be your God... I made you and I will care for you.  ~Isaiah 46:4 TLB

I, even I am He who comforts you.  Is.52:12

Blessed are they that mourn, for they will be comforted.  Matt. 5:4

Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. Ps. 30:5

Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.  ~Augustine

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Ps. 8:1

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Jer. 29:11

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matt. 5:7

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Prov. 13:12

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us. ~Marianne Williamson

You don't have to go looking for love when it's where you come from. ~ Werner Erhard

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. -Francis Bacon

God loves you no matter what you've done... and forgives you as soon as you seek that forgiveness.  ~Harmony Courtney

Let your fear give way to who you are in your essential nature. ~Harmony Courtney  

But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. Mal. 4:2  

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day. Prov. 4:18  

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.  ~John 1:1-4  

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Rom. 12:10  

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lam. 3:22-23  

For you will go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills will break forth in shouts of joy before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Is. 55:12  

All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.  ~Cardinal John Henry Newton 

The goodness of God is infinitely more wonderful than we will ever be able to comprehend.  ~A.W. Tozer 

Swim through your troubles. Run to the promises, they are our Lord’s branches hanging over the water so that His children may take a grip of them.  ~Samuel Rutherford  

God is the only one who can ever take you to excellence.  ~E.M. Brown  

By love alone is God enjoyed; by love alone delighted in, by love alone approached and admired. His nature requires love.  ~Thomas Traherne 

I love those who love me; and those who diligently seek me will find me. Prov. 8:17  

And the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces. Is. 25:8

The reason for loving God is God himself, and the measure in which we should love Him is to love His without measure.  ~Bernard of Clairvaux 

A teardrop on earth summons the King of Heaven.  ~Charles R. Swindoll  

Not one word has failed of all His good promises. 1 Ki. 8:56  

Why would God promise a refuge unless He knew we would need a place to hide once in a while?  ~Neva Coyle  

… recognize your strengths before you become lost in a perpetual state of being a cheerleader for someone else and never yourself.  ~T.D. Jakes
 
The ideal marriage is not give and take. It is give and give.  ~Ed Young  

Let not our longing slay the appetite for our living.  ~Jim Elliott 

I learn by going where I have to go.  ~Theodore Roethke  

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.  Psalm 51:10  

What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but the obsession with the idea that what has been said is still not enough.  ~Eugène Delacroix  

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.  ~Edward Hopper

He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.  ~Lao-Tzu

We learn to do something by doing it. There is no other way.  ~John Holt

Surround yourself with people who respect and treat you well.  ~Claudia Black

Trust that still, small voice that says, “This might work and I’ll try it.”  ~Diane Mariechild

Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.  ~Claudia Black

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.  ~Keshavan Nair

It is in my power either to serve God or not to serve him. Serving him, I add to my own good and the good of the whole world. Not serving him, I forfeit my own good and deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create.  ~Leo Tolstoy

Listening is a form of accepting.  ~Stella Terrill Mann

Perfection is a refusal to allow yourself to move ahead. It is a loop…  ~Julia Cameron

An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.  ~Shakti Gawain

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.  ~Oscar Wilde

Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.  ~William Bridges

One of the chief barriers to accepting God’s generosity is our limited notion of what we are in fact able to accomplish.  ~Julia Cameron

When we pay attention to nature’s music, we find that everything on the earth contributes to its harmony.  ~Hazrat Inayat Khan

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.  ~Gerard Manley Hopkins

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.  ~Nelson Mandela

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” - Marcus Aurelius

He who kneels the most, stands the best.   ~D.L. Moody

Every time passionate people fail, they are convinced that they are simply one step closer to fulfilling their dream.  ~Zig Ziglar

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says! James 1:22

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act. ~ Alfred A. Montapert

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.  ~Thomas Edison

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.   ~ Abd-el-Kadar

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.  ~Sir Winston Churchill