Give Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple (who brought you the iPhone) and PIXAR Animation your 15 minutes and listen to his inspiring speech.
May it inspire faith and courage to live a life that is full as it was meant to be.
STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH.
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Extracts of God’s infalliable Word, and other inspirational quotes from famous people.
Our God is a personal god
“O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.
You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.”
Psalm 139:1-6 (NIV)
Obedience to God is key to growth
“The priority to maturity and to solid biblical food is not first becoming an intellectual person, but becoming an obedient person“
John Piper
Increasing capacity thru prayers
“As you develop patience in waiting, you develop capacity. You can cope with things. Patience is capacity. Your capacity in life will determine how much you can cope with”
Dr Phil Pringle
Living in fullness in Christ
“Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything.
I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”
Philippians 4:11-13 (NLT)
Memorandum to Jesus
TO:
Jesus, Son of Joseph
Woodcrafter Carpenter Shop
Nazareth
FROM:
Jordan Management Consultants
Jerusalem
Dear Sir:
Thank you for submitting the resumes of the twelve men you have picked for management positions in your new organization. All of them have now taken our battery of tests; we have not only run the results through our computer, but also arranged personal interviews for each of them with our psychologist and vocational aptitude consultant.
It is the staff opinion that most of your nominees are lacking in background, education and vocational aptitude for the type of enterprise you are undertaking. They do not have the team concept. We would recommend that you continue your search for persons of experience in managerial ability and proven capability.
Simon Peter is emotionally unstable and given to fits of temper. Andrew has absolutely no qualities of leadership. The two brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, place personal interest above company loyalty. Thomas demonstrates a questioning attitude that would tend to undermine morale.
We feel that it is our duty to tell you that Matthew has been blacklisted by the Greater Jerusalem Better Business Bureau. James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus definitely have radical leanings, and they both registered a high score on the manic depressive scale.
One of the candidates, however, shows great potential. He is a man of ability and resourcefulness, meets people well, has a keen business mind and has contacts in high places. He is highly motivated, ambitious and responsible. We recommend Judas Iscariot as your controller and right-hand man. All of the other profiles are self-explanatory.
We wish you every success in your new venture.
Sincerely yours,
Jordan Management Consultants
Taken from www.Inspirationalarchive.com
Leaders versus Followers
When leaders make a mistake, they say, “I was wrong.”
When followers make mistakes, they say, “It wasn’t my fault.”
A leader works harder than a follower and has more time;
a follower is always “too busy” to do what is necessary.
A leader goes through a problem;
a follower goes around it and never gets past it.
A leader makes and keeps commitments;
a follower makes and forgets promises.
A leader says, “I’m good, but not as good as I ought to be;”
a follower says, “I’m not as bad as a lot of other people.”
Leaders listen;
followers just wait until it’s their turn to talk.
Leaders respect those who are superior to them and tries to learn something from them;
followers resent those who are superior to them and try to find chinks in their armor.
Leaders feel responsibile for more than their job;
followers say, “I only work here.”
A leader says, “There ought to be a better way to do this;”
followers say, “That’s the way it’s always been done here.”
Taken from www.Inspirationalarchive.com
Be on constant alert
“I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the LORD,
give yourselves no rest,
and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise of the earth.”
Isaiah 62:6-7 (NIV)
Looking beyond
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he should be and he will become as he can and should be”
Goethe
Look at ourselves first
When we fail, it is not due to any deficiency on God’s part, but on ours. Because we are slow to appropriate God’s power in our lives.
Selwyn Hughes
Andrew: Inside & Insights 