Saturday, April 30, 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 29, 2011: Do you think we're all born with healthy self-esteem that may erode over time or do you think healthy self-esteem something we're suppose to develop along the way?

Do you think we're all born with healthy self-esteem that may erode over time or do you think healthy self-esteem something we're suppose to develop along the way?

"Are we all born with innate self-esteem that erodes over time or is self-esteem something we were supposed to pick up along the way?"
~Oprah Winfrey



Thursday, April 28, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 26, 2011: I believe that a bit to a lot of joy comes into everyone's life every day. What was your joy today?

I believe that a bit to a lot of joy 
comes into everyone's life every day.
What was your joy today?

"...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."

~Psalm 30:5b



Monday, April 25, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 25, 2011: Have you ever felt uncomfortable about doing something that is right because you might have to face some kind of repercussion from it?

Have you ever felt uncomfortable about doing something that is right because you might have to face some kind of repercussion from it?

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
~Rosa Parks, 1913-2005, civil rights activist



Saturday, April 23, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 23, 2011: Do you believe you are quick to forgive others?

Do you believe you are quick to forgive others?

"The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character."
~Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author, 1877-1904

"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Matthew 6:14-15



Friday, April 22, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 22, 2011: Do you believe your faith is your future?

Do you believe your faith is your future?

"Wherever your faith is there is your future."
~Nathaniel Bronner



Thursday, April 21, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 21, 2011: Have you ever looked to nature for clues on how life should be lived?

Have you ever looked to nature for clues on how life should be lived?

"For even a snail does the will of God, albeit slowly."
~Unknown

"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse."Romans 1:20




Thursday, April 14, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 14, 2011: What's your favorite thing about yourself?

What's your favorite thing about yourself?

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their job.
~Malcolm Forbes



Wednesday, April 13, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 13, 2011: Did you learn anything today that will help tomorrow be better for you? What did you learn??

Did you learn anything today that will help tomorrow be better for you?
What did you learn??

"Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow."
~Woodie Guthrie



Tuesday, April 12, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 12, 2011: What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? Why not give it a try anyway??

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
Why not give it a try anyway??

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” 
~William Faulkner, 1897-1962, novelist, Nobel Prize winner




Monday, April 11, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 11, 2011: Would you say you have enough peace in your life or would you like to have (or do you believe you need) more? If so, how would you think you could achieve that??

Would you say you have enough peace in your life or would you like to have (or do you believe you need) more?
If so, how would you think you could achieve that??


“Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. ”
~Etty Hillesum, 1914-1943, Dutch writer, Holocaust victim





Sunday, April 10, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 10, 2011: What do you believe the hard times in your life have taught you?

What do you believe the hard times in your life have taught you?

“When we do face the difficult times, we need to remember that circumstances don’t make a person, they reveal a person. ”
~Emma Jameson







Saturday, April 9, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 9, 2011: What do you believe takes up the most of your thoughts, time and strength - the physical world or the spiritual one?

What do you believe takes up the most of your thoughts, time and strength - the physical world or the spiritual one?


"Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."
~Henry David Thoreau




Friday, April 8, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 8, 2011: Do you keep track of things that you need to get done?

Do you keep track of things that you need to get done?
If so, what method do you feel most comfortable using??

There are two fatal errors that keep great projects from coming to life:
1. Not finishing
2. Not starting.
~attributed to the the Buddha



Thursday, April 7, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 7, 2011: What brings you the greatest happiness?

What brings you the greatest happiness?

"We don't always know what makes us happy. 

We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. 
We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail...
We are mute when it comes to naming accurately our own preferences, delights, gifts, talents. 
The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations. 
The tongue of the original self is the language of the heart."
~Julia Cameron



Wednesday, April 6, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 6, 2011: What do you still dream of doing with your life that you haven't accomplished so far?

What do you still dream of doing with your life that you haven't accomplished so far?

"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. ...I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing."
~Oriah Mountain Dreamer






Tuesday, April 5, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 5, 2011: Would you say you're your own worst critic? Or are you pretty fair when judging yourself??

Would you say you're your own worst critic? 
Or are you pretty fair when judging yourself??

"If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself, would you continue to hang around with that person?"
~Rob Bremer



Monday, April 4, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 4, 2011: Do you ever let differences (in opinions, in thoughts, in beliefs) keep you separate from anyone?

Do you ever let differences
(in opinions, in thoughts, in beliefs)
keep you separate from anyone?

"Beliefs separate.
Loving thoughts unite."
~Paul Ferrini






Sunday, April 3, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 3, 2011: What do you believe one must do to receive God's best?

What do you believe one must do to receive God's best?

If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance. 
~Napoleon Hill

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Mark 11:24

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 21:22






Saturday, April 2, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 2, 2011: Do you make time each day to sit quietly to listen to that "still small voice"?

Do you make time each day to sit quietly to listen to that "still small voice"?
If not, when will the time be right to "schedule" that daily time??

"I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
~Albert Einstein



Friday, April 1, 2011

RB'S QOTD: April 1, 2011: Are you withholding trust, respect, help, love, peace and/or forgiveness from someone???

Are you withholding trust, respect, help, love, peace and/or forgiveness from someone?

“If you want trust, trust others. If you want respect, respect others. If you want help, help others. If you want love and peace in your life, give them away. If you want great friends, be one. That’s how it works. ”
-Dan Zadra, Businessman, inspirational writer

"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
Matthew 6:12