Luck

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

-Seneca

Luck -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Luck -Buddha

“Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is good luck”
-Buddha

Luck -Langston Coleman

“Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.”
-Langston Coleman

Luck -Thomas Jefferson

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
-Thomas Jefferson

1 Corinthians 9:24 NIV

A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.

"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it." --1 Corinthians 9-24

Proverbs 22:1 NIV

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1

MUSO KUKUSHI

If the wrong person preaches a right teaching, even a right teaching becomes wrong. If the right person expounds a wrong teaching, even a wrong teaching becomes right.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

Nothing to Hide

John 3:20-21 (New International Version)
20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."[a]

Act with courtesy and fairness...

Act with courtesy and fairness regardless of how others treat you. Don't let them determine your response.

"And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same." Luke 6:33 NKJV

Mind your own business.

Aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing. 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NKJV

Have the courage to face the truth - wherever it leads.

Get the facts at any price, and hold on tightly to all the good sense you can get. -Proverbs 23:23 TLB

ANCIENT PROVERB

Talk does not cook rice.

ZEN RIDDLE

There is a man who eats sparingly, but is never hungry. There is a man who is always eating, but is never full.

HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL

True humility is contentment. There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.

Do more than is expected

And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Matthew 5:41 NKJV

Bite your tongue

When tempted to criticize your parents, spouse, or children, bite your tongue.

"Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in deep darkness." Proverbs 20:20 NKJV

Careless with time and words

Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.

"But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgement." Matthew 12:36 NKJV

Titus 3:10 NIV

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

"Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him." Titus 3:10 NIV

1 Timothy 3:4 NKJV

Make the rules for your children clear, fair and consistent.

"One who rules his own house well [has] his children in submission." -1 Timothy 3:4 NKJV

Romans 12:17-21 NIV

17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"says the Lord. 20On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good

Discipline

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Hebrews 12:11 (New International Version)

Proverbs 12:1 NIV

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 20:25 NIV

"It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows." -Proverbs 20:25 NIV

Worry about the consequences of the choices you make before you make them-not afterward.

John Wooden

There is a choice you have to make
In everything you do.
So keep in mind that in the end,
The choice you make, makes you.

D. T. SUZUKI

If you have attained something, this is the surest proof that you have gone astray. Therefore, not to have is to have, silence is thunder, ignorance is enlightenment.

LIN YUTANG

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.

THE BUDDHA

“He insulted me, he harmed me, he robbed me, he beat me.” If you think like this, you will suffer. “He insulted me, he harmed me, he robbed me, he beat me.” If you do not think like this, you will not suffer.

JOHN TARRANT

What is the mind like if it’s not occupied with plans and schemes, and fears that the plans and schemes will fail? What if your unexamined beliefs were to fall away and you were to live without them, and also to live without the thought that you had given anything up?

ZEN SAYING

Fire can’t burn fire.

ZEN SAYING

There is no treasure in the deep mountains; he who has no desire for it finds it.

Luke 12:15 NKJV

Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.

Proverbs 27:14 NKJV

He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him.

James 1:4 NIV

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

Proverbs 22:3 NIV

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

Proverbs 15:32 NIV

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

Freedom

True freedom is freedom from your own desires.

-DIAMOND SUTRA

T’EN-T’UNG

Water doesn’t wash water. Gold isn’t changed for gold.

D. T. SUZUKI

If you have attained something, this is the surest proof that you have gone astray. Therefore, not to have is to have, silence is thunder, ignorance is enlightenment.

J. P. Morgan

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

Proverbs 16:32 NIV

Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 10:4NKJV

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Remember that it is easier to avoid temptations than to resist them.

In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them. -Proverbs 22:5 NIV

Proverbs 17:28 NKJV

Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; when he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

James 1:2-4 NIV

2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Proverbs 30:17 NKJV

The eye that mocks his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young eagles will eat it.

James 4:6 (NIV)

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Make it a habit to do nice things for people who'll never find out.

But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Matthew 6.3 NKJV

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Be better prepared than you think you need to be.

He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one." Luke 22:36 NIV

Proverbs 20:19 NIV

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

SENG-TS’AN

The more talking and thinking, the farther from the truth.