“Discover step-by-step excitement. The first step is the hardest. That’s why many fail -because they don’t get started – they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.” – W. Clement Stone

“The stars are constantly shining, but we often do not see them until dark hours. The same is true with opportunities.” – John Mason, Let Go of Whatever Holds You Back

“Learn to listen. Sometimes opportunity disguises itself this way and knocks very softly. You will find that God speaks for those who hold their peace. Silence can be golden.” – John Mason, Let Go of Whatever Holds You Back

“What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.” – Mike Murdock

“The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but there’s probably more of it to mow.” – Lois Cory

“You can’t clear your own fields while counting the rocks on your neighbor’s farm.” – Joan Welch 

“Be a good finisher and never claim a victory prematurely. The greatest assassin of dreams is haste, the desire to reach things before the right time.” – John Mason, Let Go of Whatever Holds You Back

“There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.” – Hugh Prather

“The first law of success is concentration – to bend all your energies to one point and go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left.” – William Mathews

“Sometimes, when we see the troubles, difficulties and wrongs all around us, we are tempted to give up.  It seems that the promises of the Gospel do not apply; they are unreal.  But the Bible tells us that the great threat to God’s plan for us is, and always has been, the lie. The devil is the father of lies. Often he hides his snares behind the appearance of sophistication, the allure of being modern, like everyone else. He distracts us with the promise of ephemeral pleasures, superficial pastimes. And so we squander our God-given gifts by tinkering with gadgets; we squander our money on gambling and drink; we turn in on ourselves.  We forget to remain focused on the things that really matter. We forget to remain, at heart, children of God. That is sin: to forget at heart that we are children of God.  For children, as the Lord tells us, have their own wisdom, which is not the wisdom of the world.” – Pope Francis