Archive for the 'Overcoming Challenges'

The gifts of obstacles.

“Obstacles are necessary for success… as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better… or quit. Each […]

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But the power of…..

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” In life I find I am always facing new challenges, mountains that seem to big, too scary and high for me to climb. As I prayed for guidance this morning I was so thankful for […]

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It’s all in how we look at things.

“The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way in which we use them.”—author unknown

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Will you rise?

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson What will you rise up from today?

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Give yourself credit

“The real winners are not just those at the top but those who have come the farthest over the toughest roads. Your victory may never make the headlines. But you will know about it, and that’s what counts.” ~ Ernest A. Fitzgerald

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Step by Step

“Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything.” ~ Michael Jordan

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Sometimes…

Sometimes God calms the storm… Sometimes He lets the storm rage and He calms His child.

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Olympic Gold Medallist

Wilma Rudolph 1940-1994, Olympic Gold Medallist said this: “My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.” I post new stories, tips and quotes here every day, so bookmark my home page, and come back tomorrow for another kick to get you off […]

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Sometime He Puts Springs…

“God doesn’t always smooth the path, but sometimes he puts springs in the wagon.”— Marshall Lucas The last year and a half our life has been full of “springs”. And I have to say I am delighted, happy and thankful. For a while it seemed like there was no road. Now there is a definitely a road, […]

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The Only Way

“The only way around is through.”— Robert Frost I have spent far to much time in my life trying to figure out how to go around, only to find out there really isn’t away around. I have found that I always eventually end up having to go through, and that my efforts to go around were simply […]

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