Victim Mentality

You can't have a victim mentality and expect to live in victory. You can't live in a perpetual pity party and then wonder why situations aren't improving in your life.
(Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now, p. 32)

Dick Henthorn
7 March 2018

Organization & Planning

Stop imposing rigid demands for organization and planning on the lives of others.

(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, The Sky's The Limit, p. 223)

A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.

(Daily Guideposts - 2012, Proverbs 29:11 (NIV), 8 September)

We don't achieve victory once, then never have to bother with it again.

(Beth Moore, Praying God's Word Day By Day, 20 September)

12 March 2014

I Think I Can, I Think I Can

Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already. (Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993, American Writer and Minister, in Pocket Positives, no page numbering) 28 June 2013

Spiritual Principles

To lament endlessly over past failures prevents us from making the most of the present. (Karen Casey, Keepers of the Wisdom, 20 April)

We need to say no to people, places, and events that weaken our connection with ... [Spiritual] Principles, even when saying yes might seem fun, enjoyable, exciting or comforting. (Craig Nakken, Finding Your Moral Compass, p. 87)

Without labor there is no rest; without struggle there is no victory. (Thomas 'A Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 3, Chapter 19, p. 107)

I must pay more attention to the messages I receive from my life. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 2 April)
8 May 2012