1^st AUGUST

"The Lord is near all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them."

(Psalm145:18-19 NIV)

2^nd AUGUST

"Decision making is easy
if there are no contradictions
in your value system."

(Robert .H. Schuller)

3^rd AUGUST

"I am but one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
What I can do I ought to do.
What I ought to do,
God helping me, I will do."

(Anon)

4^th AUGUST

" The fruits of the spirit
are the character of Christ made visible
in me, by His presence at work in me."

(W. Phillip Keller" Songs Of My Soul.")

5^th AUGUST

"For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord
endures forever."

(Psalm 117:2 NIV)

6^th AUGUST

"Example is not the main thing in
in influencing people.
It is the only thing."

(Albert Schweitzer)

7^th AUGUST

He that is down needs fear no fall,
He that is low no pride.

(John Bunyan)

Hold yourself responsible for a higher
standard than anybody
else expects of you.

(Henry Ward Beecher)

8^th AUGUST

"Temptation shall not come in this kind again,
The last temptation is the greatest treason,
To do the right thing for the wrong reason."

(T.S.Eliot)

9^th AUGUST

"I believe in the sun even when it is not shining. I believe in love even when I cannot feel it. I believe in God even when he is silent."

(Scrawled on a wall in Auschwitz by a Jewish prisoner)
 

10^th AUGUST

"He who whispers down a well
About the goods he has to sell,
Will never reap the golden dollars
Like he who lifts his head and hollers!"

(Anon)

11^th AUGUST

"There was a certain magnificence about him which turned the lead of other men into gold."

(Field Marshall Montgomery of Sir Winston Churchill)

"It is good when a headquarters is also a heart quarters."

(Anon)
 

12^th AUGUST

" And my God will meet all your
needs according to His glorious
riches in Christ Jesus."

(Philippians' 4:19 NIV)

13^th AUGUST

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

(Dale Carnegie)

14^th AUGUST

"Who first invented work - and tied the...rejoicing spirit down?"

(Charles Lamb)

"The secret of being miserable is having the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not."

(George Bernard Shaw)

"Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full."

(Henry Kissinger)

15^th AUGUST

"The essence of effective time and life management is to organise and execute around balanced priorities."

(Stephen Covey)

"There is no reversing in the lane of life."

(W. H.)

16^th AUGUST

"Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

(Romans 5.1 - NIV)

"In quietness and confidence shall be your strength."

(Isaiah 30.15: KJV)

17^th AUGUST

"He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds."

(Dag Hammarskjold)

"Never put off 'till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."

(Mark Twain)

18^th AUGUST

"Life's what you make it...."

(C. J. Dennis)

"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm."

(Henry David Thoreau)

19^th AUGUST

Never trouble trouble
'Till trouble troubles you:
You'll only double trouble
And trouble others too!

(Anon.)
 

20^th AUGUST

"There are those who remember the things which they should forget and forget the things which they should remember."
(W. H.)

"People tend to live up - or live down - to our assessment of them."

(W. H.)

"Failure to find win-win solutions is likely to lead to lose-lose results."

(W. H.)

21^st AUGUST

"If the primary vision of a captain were to preserve his ship he would never leave port"

(Thomas Aquinas)

"I am in the red everywhere, continually..."

(Sybil Thorndike)

22^nd AUGUST

"I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do...let me do it now..."

(attributed to Stephen Grellet)

"Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide."

(James Russell Lowell)

"Faith is the most dynamic, energising force in my life."
(Gary Player)

23^rd AUGUST

"The Lord is my shepherd."

(Psalm 23.1: NIV)

"Trust in the Lord and do good...."

(Psalm 37.3: NIV)
 

24^th AUGUST

"It is wonderful to be grateful
and to sing your praises,
Lord Most High!"

(Psalm 92:1)

25^th AUGUST

"But they that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings
as eagles; they shall run and...not faint."

(Isaiah 40:31 King James Version)

26^th AUGUST

"Be still and know that I am God."

(Psalm 46.10)

"God is..an ever present help in trouble."

( Psalm 46:1 New International Version)

27^th AUGUST

"Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould."

(Romans 12.2 : J. B. Phillips paraphrase)

"Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy."

(Matthew 5.7)

28^th AUGUST

"The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad."

(Psalm 97.1 - New International Version)

"Surely you desire truth in the inner parts, you teach wisdom in the inmost place."

(Psalm 51.6: New International Version)

29^th AUGUST

"Mirth is from God and dullness is from the Devil. You can never be too lively, you can never be too good-tempered."

(St.Teresa)

"Materialism glorifies the trivial and trivialises the glorious."  (Anon.)

30^th AUGUST

"The best map in the world won't get you anywhere if you don't know where you are." (Anonymous.)

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."  (Anon.)

"If you think it is weak to be meek try being meek for a week." (Anon.)

31^st AUGUST

"Yet, in the maddening maze of things,
And tossed by storm and flood,
To one fixed trust my spirit clings;
I know that God is good!"

(John Greenleaf Whittier)