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  1. "Believe God’s Word and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your Rock is Christ, and it is not the Rock which ebbs and flows, but your sea." - Samuel Rutherford

  2. "Reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man." - Francis Bacon

  3. “I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time.” - Blaise Pascal (kinda)

  4. “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” - G.K. Chesterton

  5. “The only thing I can imagine is people like that don’t realize how serious life is. There are infinitely more pressing reasons to eat well, not waste time, live simply and interact well with others over looking good in front of others, especially those on the internet.” - Luke Smith lukesmith.xyz/donts

  6. “Build goals around consistency instead of outcomes." - K Boges

  7. “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” - Mike Tyson

  8. “It’s only God’s grace when we don’t deserve.” - Jon Odenwald

  9. “Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but doing it like you love it.” - Mike Tyson

  10. "The heaviest things in life are not iron and gold, but unmade decisions. The reason you are stressed is because you have decisions to make and you're not making them." - Alex Hormozi

  11. “Time is a talent given us by God, and it is misspent and lost when not employed according to his design. If we have lost our time heretofore, we must double our diligence for the future. Of that time which thousands on a dying bed would gladly redeem at the price of the whole world, how little do men think, and to what trifles they daily sacrifice it!“ - Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:15-21

  12. “The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.” - Adam Savage

  13. “Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.” - Anonymous

  14. “Quas dederis, solas semprr habebis, opes. The riches you impart form the only wealth you will always retain. — Martial.” -from Mathew Henry commentary on Matthew 6:1-4

  15. “A man rejects passivity, accepts responsibility, and leads courageously expecting God’s greater good” - Kevin McKee

  16. “What if long term benefits are actually reserved for long term commitments?” - David Platt

  17. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can achieve excellence.” - Vince Lombardi

  18. “Any job, big or small, do it well or not at all. Once a job, has begun, do not stop, until it’s done.” - Tom Sachs

  19. “How tragic would it be if we labored so vigorously, only to realize at the end of our lives that we missed the one thing that matters and that our agendas became the obstacles to the greater mission.” - unknown to me

  20. “Marriage doesn’t exist to make you happy.” - Marc D`Aunoy

  21. “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” - C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses

  22. “It’s a lot easier to face your fears, when you know your purpose.” - Damar Hamlin (professional football player)

  23. “Unsanctioned grace allows sin to continue.” - Beau Bicford

  24. “Creativity is not a leading strategy. Use only when necessary.” - Tom Sachs

  25. “The true measure of a man’s success is found in his willingness to serve others.” - George Washington Carver

  26. “If you don’t know where you’re going, every road will lead you there. And if you don’t know where you’re going, you don’t want to get there fast.” - Keith Seilhan (Veris Global CEO)

  27. ”Hope is only as strong as what you put it in.” - Kevin (The Chapel BR)

  28. “Elisabeth Elliot is more precise when she explains that ‘freedom and discipline have come to be regarded as mutually exclusive, when in fact freedom is not at all the opposite, but the final reward, of discipline.’” - Donald S. Whitney

  29. “To the unreached I will evangelize, to the believer I will encourage” - Unknown to me

  30. “Don't you know young man that from every town, and every village, and every little hamlet in England, wherever it may be, there is a road to London? So from every text in Scripture, there is a road to..Christ. And my dear brother, your business is when you get to a text, to say, 'Now what is the road to Christ?' I have never yet found a text that had not got a road to Christ in it, and if I ever do…any good unless there is a savor of Christ in it.” - Charles Spurgeon, sermon 242

  31. “You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.” - Stephen R. Covey

  32. “We mistake if we think we were born for ourselves; no, it is our business to do good in this life, which is short and uncertain; we have but little time to be doing good, therefore we should redeem time. Satisfaction with Divine Providence, is having faith that all things work together for good to them that love him.” - Mathew Henry (on Eccl. 3:11-15)

  33. “Sin will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.” - Ravi Zacharias

  34. “There are three desires I find written so deeply into my heart I know now I can no longer disregard them without losing my soul...I search the pages of literature, I listen carefully to many, many men, and I am convinced these desires are universal, a clue into masculinity itself. They may be misplaced, forgotten, or misdirected, but in the heart of every man is a desperate desire for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.” - John Eldredge (Wild at Heart)

  35. “The Bible isn't [just] truth. It is the pre-conditions for the manifestation of truth- therefore the Bible is way more true than just true-“ - Jordan Peterson

  36. “Live the life you will one day wish you had.” - JR Vasser

  37. “Stress plus recovery equals adaptation.” - Firas Zahabi

  38. “Deep forgiveness offers the opportunity for deep love.” - Kevin (The Chapel Pastor)

  39. “Every millisecond of your misery in the path of obedience is producing a peculiar glory you will get because of that.” - John Piper (Ask Pastor John: Your Suffering Is Working for You)

  40. “Laws do not control morality. The majority opinion does not mean the majority is correct.” - Christian Watson (Founder of 1924.us)

  41. “Practice makes permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect.” - Michael Strauch of UF Pro

  42. “If you rake you get leaves, if you dig you get diamonds.” - John Piper

  43. “It doesn’t matter how much you have or how little you have. All that matters is how you manage it.” - Jeanne Fleuriet

  44. “You cannot put straight in others what is warped in yourself.” - Saint Athanasius (On the Incarnation)

  45. “If you have to see a tree fall every time you pick up an ax, you will spend your life on little projects.” - John Piper

  46. “If it bothers you after 24 hours, speak up within 48 hours.” - Unknown to me

  47. “What we say to the person in front of our face will affect the people who are not.” - Stephen Demouy

  48. “If I’m betting on myself then I completely double down.” - J. Cole

  49. “I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.” - Fernando Pessoa

  50. “In the west, we have been withdrawing from our tradition, religion, and even nation centered cultures. Partly to decrease the danger of group conflict. But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all.” - Jordan B. Peterson

  51. “Work well done does good to the man who does it. It makes him a better man” - George S. Clason

  52. “The goal isn’t to get to marriage unscathed. The goal is to get to marriage holy.” - Jonah

  53. “If you don’t have time for the important things, then starting saying no to the less important. If you aren’t maintaining your health, why are you saying yes to go into work early? Or to watching another episode?” - Taylor Waddell

  54. “Don’t let perfect get in the way of good.” - Josh Curry

  55. “Take the next best step.” - unknown to me

  56. “Joy is supernatural.” - Kim B.

  57. “Intimacy is bred through conflict.” - Heard from Jeanne

  58. “It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.” - George Horace Lorimer

  59. “Seek His face more than His hand.” - unsure

  60. “The higher the risk, the more education it takes.” - Robert Kiyosaki

  61. “Wealth comes in many forms and financial is just one of them.” - Travis Cariaga (Cohort 49 of Thinkful Engineering Immersion)

  62. “All art is autobiographical” - Austin Kleon

  63. “It is so cruel that we think we’re wasting time when we’re doing something that we love and that does not have any materialistic returns” - unknown to me

  64. “Few men have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder” - Georgie Washingstone

  65. “The purpose of the brain, is to enable the heart.” - The Holy Spirit

  66. “Management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right thing.” - Peter Drucker

  67. “Confidence is the willingness to fail.” - Janssen Swent

  68. “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” - Ghandi

  69. “Our primary ‘job’ is to advance this kingdom of God. Our ‘profession’ is only a way to make a living.“ - Tom Stogner

  70. “The Spirit of the LORD doesn’t make nice guys, but dragon killers.” - Aaron @ Redeemer City Church (Sermon on David and Goliath)

  71. “Your importance is not measured by how much you do but by how much of what you do matters” - Craig Groeschel (Leadership Podcast Ep. Four Tiers of Efficiency)

  72. “Find ways to turn the routine into the holy.” - Donald S. Whitney (Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life)

  73. “Thoughts disentangle themselves when they pass through the lips and fingertips.” - Dawson Trotman

  74. “He is no fool to give what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot loose.” - Jim Elliot

  75. “Discipline without direction is drudgery.” - Donald S. Whitney

  76. “Because a man is called by God does not mean he will be accepted by all people.” - Joe H. Cothen (Equipped for Good Work - pg.9)

  77. “Love is the overflow of joy in GOD.” - John Piper (Desiring God / Chapter 3 / 1:05)

  78. “Life has its thrills but life is not always a thrill.” - Jeanne Fleuriet

  79. “Organization is communication.” - Taylor Waddell

  80. “Change is in inevitable, growth is optional.” - John Maxwell

  81. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” - Jim Rohn

  82. “Act promptly when your mind is ripe with insight.” - Look up (Ask Pastor John - Seven Lessons for Productivity)

  83. “Without margins there is no focus.” - Unknown

  84. “Almost all acts of wisdom require courage in a sinful world.” - John Piper

  85. STOP PRETENDING YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO

  86. “Nobody in the Bible had a college degree and look what they did for the kingdom.” - Megan Waddell

  87. “In this earthly life, you are only limited by lack of knowledge and lack of faith.” - Taylor Waddell

  88. “A man who has not prepared his children for his own death, has failed as a father.” - Black Panther movie

  89. “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” - African Proverb

  90. “Mighty is the hand that knows when to pick the pen, and when to pick the sword.” - Unknown

  91. “Your reaction is about you and their behavior is about them. Always.” - Marc D’aunoy

  92. “You start asking for eyes to heal them, God will start healing you.” Jimmy Seilbert

  93. “If you can’t lead by example, lead through repentance.” - Melissa D’aunoy

  94. “Never encourage someone behind their back.” - Leo Tellez

  95. “If self-discipline feels difficult, you’re doing it wrong.” - Mark Manson

  96. “...my self-love makes me think myself nice, but thinking myself nice is not why I love myself.” - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

  97. “There is no honor in fearlessness. There is honor in knowing fear, yet still acting. This is courage.” - Taylor Waddell

  98. “Greed isn’t a comparison, it’s a heart posture.” - Taylor Waddell

  99. “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” - Henry David Thoreau

  100. “If you can’t face it, you’re not finished with it.” - Marc D’aunoy

  101. “Whatever you believe you will seek proof of.” - Layne Beachley

  102. “I like this song, as it makes me think of rocks, and water, and the seashore, which are outside; and thinking of a thing is next best to being there.” - Margaret Atwood

  103. “Time is all you have… and you may find one day that you have less than you think.” - Randy Pausch

  104. “People don’t care what you know until they know you how much you care.” - Theodore Roosevelt

  105. “You will never be satisfied making a dollar when your purpose is making a difference.” - Pastor Joey

  106. “Life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be lived.” - Jon Eldridge

  107. “My scientist friends have come up with things like 'principles of uncertainty' and dark holes. They're willing to live inside imagined hypotheses and theories. But many religious folks insist on answers that are always true. We love closure, resolution and clarity, while thinking that we are people of 'faith'! How strange that the very word 'faith' has come to mean its exact opposite.” — Richard Rohr

  108. “If it is not a decision we need to make now, it’s not our decision. [it’s God’s]”

  109. “As a general rule of thumb: give away what you’ve been given.” - Taylor Waddell

  110. “Let people feel the weight of who you are, and let them deal with it.” - John Eldridge

  111. “Forgiveness is setting a prisoner free, then discovering the prisoner was you.” - Old saying

  112. “Who cares what people say. They will talk anyway. Live your dream for in the future. You will regret not following your passion every day. Stay sincere. But prepare your heart to bear the consequences of your life decisions. Even if your decisions are wholesome be prepared for your heart to break. But keep going. For the breaking of the heart is what opens it to the light of God.” - Unknown

  113. “There is wisdom in context.” - John Eldridge

  114. “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” - Hanlon’s Razor

  115. “Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.” - Aubrey D. Graham

  116. “Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.” - Elie Wiesel

  117. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” - Henry David Thoreau

  118. “Demons run when a good man goes to war.” - Steven Moffat

  119. “You’re making mistakes because you’re focusing on your target instead of your actions.” - Archery Proverb

  120. “The obvious is usually profoundly significant.” - Edward O. Wilson

  121. “Love isn’t love unless you give it away.” - Alfred (NOLA Fudgery)

  122. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” - Lao Tzu

  123. “Be wiser than another man when you can be but don’t tell him you are.” - Dale Carnegie

  124. “Idleness is the biggest obstruction when it comes to the creative process.” - Unknown

  125. “It’s not an adventure until something goes wrong.” - Yvon Chouinard

  126. “Many a small thing has been made large by the right advertising.” - Mark Twain

  127. “Confidence comes from repeated action” - Ben Hagarty (Black with No Cream Podcast)

  128. “Find life experiences and swallow them whole. Travel. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life.” — Lawrence K. Fish

  129. “A journey that doesn’t change you, isn’t a journey at all.” - Sam Potter

  130. “He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.” - Jean-Luc Godard

  131. “It’s the things we carry silently within ourselves which are the heaviest burdens.” - John Mark Green

  132. “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” - Nelson Mandela

  133. “It’s your mind, control it” - Father (Wayne) Waddell

  134. “Don’t do more, do less better.” - Craig Groeschel (podcast: It’s About Time, Part 1)

  135. “The result of poor time management is well intentioned leaders who consistently allow the urgent to over rule the important.” - Craig Groeschel (podcast: It’s About Time, Part 1)

  136. “Adversity introduces a man to himself.” - Albert Einstein

  137. “Knowledge will give you power, but character will give you respect.” - Bruce Lee

  138. “An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.” Niels Bohr

  139. “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” - Japanese Proverb

  140. “Beware those who consistently seek crowds for they are nothing alone.” - Charles Bukowski

  141. “Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.” - Benjamin Disraeli

  142. “Many a false step was made by standing still.” - Fortune Cookie (4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris)

  143. “Wise council is free hindsight.” - Taylor Waddell

  144. “Nobody is perfect at everything. Prioritize your energy towards the values, places, and people that will keep your life well and everything else will either result in a learnable mistake or a success.“ - Taylor Waddell

  145. "Discipline weighs ounces. Regret weighs tons.” - Jim Rohn (?)

  146. "When writing the story of your life never let anyone else hold the pen.” - Harley Davidson

  147. "You’ll never get there, if you don’t know where you are.” - Chris Whitney, Co-founder of Prometheus Design Werx

  148. "We have one life in this world, so do good, have the strength to fight for what is right, live and laugh with those who you love and cherish, follow your heart and intuition, and have the courage to blaze the new trails that you are proud to call your own." - Patrick York Ma, Founder of Prometheus Design Werx

  149. “Unforgivness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” - Old Proverb (Said by Rich Wilkerson)

  150. “Mistakes can be like ice. If we resist them, we may keep slipping into a posture of defeat. If we include mistakes in our definition of performance, we are likely to glide through them and appreciate the beauty of the longer run.” - Roz & Ben Zander

  151. “Meaningful growth requires challenge and stress.” - Jeffrey Siegel

  152. “It’s what you do when you’re uncomfortable that defines you” - Unknown

  153. “You can never achieve something you can’t articulate.” - Jalen Santoy (Momma Loves Me)

  154. “Sometimes when you’re willing to do what you aren’t qualified to do, that is what qualifies you.” - Bill Johnson (Talking about John the Baptist)

  155. “When you stop living by excuses that’s when you get out of your comfort zone and really live" - Andrew Kearns

  156. “Writers block (creative block) is just a reminder you’re not a machine and creativity burns fuel called experiences.” - Taylor Waddell

  157. “Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth” - Napoleon Hill “Think & Grow Rich”

  158. “Every human should have three hobbies; one to keep them creative, one to keep them healthy, and one to keep them wealthy.” - Unknown

  159. “Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.” - Heath Ledger

  160. “It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.” - Publius Syrus

  161. Job 12:7-10

  162. “There are leaders and there are those who lead.” - Simon Sinek

  163. “Even if you shake, a step is still a step. Continue to be brave enough to walk your path.” - Better Man Project

  164. “How you end your day predicts how you spend the next.” - Unknown

  165. “Don’t grow up it’s a trap.” - graffiti

  166. “Women are overly complicated to the point of obnoxious. Men are overly simple to the point of stupidity.” - Janssen Swent

  167. “Sunlight is the most precious gold on earth, so don’t squander what you’ve been given.” - Unknown to me

  168. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

  169. “This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult — once we truly understand it and accept it — then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.” - M. Scott Peck

  170. “Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).” - James Baraz

  171. “Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own” - “The Alchemist”

  172. “Keep up the good work. Keep playing sports. Who cares what people say. They will talk anyway. Live your dream for in the future. You will regret not following your passion every day. Stay sincere. But prepare your heart to bear the consequences of your life decisions. Even if your decisions are wholesome be prepared for your heart to break. But keep going. For the breaking of the heart is what opens it to the light of God.” - unknown

  173. "Everything I want to accomplish, everything I dream about, is within my reach but my grasp will never secure it if I don't put forth the sacrifice needed." - Taylor Thomas

  174. "It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for – and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool – for love – for your dreams – for the adventure of being alive." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer

  175. "And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." - John Muir

  176. “A task expands to fill the time allotted to it” - old adage

  177. "You can never get enough of what you don't really want" - Rick Hanson

  178. legacy garden

  179. "Don't find fault, find a remedy. Anybody can complain." - Henry Ford

  180. "The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." - Peter Drucker

  181. "Life can only be understood backwards but must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard

  182. "So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality." - Jim Carrey

  183. "Possessed by a desire to picture to their minds those things which they are not able to behold with their eyes." - (Burchard of Mt. Siob, Description of the Holy Land, p. 4)

  184. "Fall in love with the process."

  185. "If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done." - Thomas Jefferson

  186. "Don't let your best idea be your last idea."

  187. "Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own." - Lee Lacocca

  188. "If you want to be a pro, you’re going to have to break this terrible amateur habit of looking at what people have without paying attention to what they did to get it. Chasing the results without understanding the process will lead to short-lived success, if not outright failure." - Jeff Goins

  189. Do something to the best of your ability. Then do a little bit more." - Todd Brison

  190. "Here is the way to stop being average:

  191. "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry" - James 1:19

  192. "What would you do if money were no object?" - Alan Watts

  193. "Greater things to come, sometimes require the greatest things we already have."

  194. ‘Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia quam rara sunt.' But all excellent [things] are as difficult as they are rare. - Spinoza’s Ethics

  195. "When you get lucky, don't miss." - Ampisound (parkour filmmaker)

  196. "Until a man finds himself he'll ruin every girl he comes across."

  197. "You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” ­- Kahlil Gibran

  198. "If you're bored, you're boring." - Michael Baker (Dylan Baker's Father)

  199. "A tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful." - Life of Pi

  200. "Ego dances with ego"

  201. "Experience is the mother of wisdom"

  202. "It's only once you've lost everything that you are free to do anything."

  203. "Everyone is normal until you get to know them" - Waylon Bailey

  204. "Dreams are the language of creation" - Bornite Siegel

  205. "Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast" - Kahlil Gibran

  206. "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

  207. "If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff." - National Geographic Photographer

  208. "If you don't build your dream someone will hire you to build theirs."

  209. "The lust for comfort kills the passion of the soul." - Khalil Gibran

  210. "A very good career choice would be to gravitate toward those activities and to embrace those desires that ham robins with your core intentions, which are freedom and growth-and joy. Make a "career" of living a happy life rather than trying to find work that will produce enough income that you can do things with your money that will then make you happy. When feeling happy is paramount importance to you-and what you do "for a living" makes you happy-you have found the best of all combinations." -Abraham Hicks

  211. “For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.”˝ - F. Scott Fitzgerald

  212. "Happiness is simple, but it's difficult to be simple."

  213. “You are the only person you’re guaranteed to be around your whole life, so make yourself an interesting person.” - Janssen Swent

  214. "Live with the end in mind." - Waylon Bailey?

  215. "The average person dies at 25 but is buried at 75."

  216. "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." -Mark Twain

  217. "A reliable person will always trump a master who doesn't have integrity." -unknown (possibly Los from Trav and Los)

  218. "Most of us have clearer strategies for how to achieve career success than we do for how to develop a profound character" -David Brooks (The Road to Character)

  219. “Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.” -Jackie Chan

  220. “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” -Naguib Mahfouz

  221. "Anything worth anything requires your everything."

  222. “Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” -Betty Smith