Pamela Elder

One person with commitment, persistence, and endurance will accomplish more than a thousand people with interest alone. The more diligently we work, the harder it is to quit. So many people begin the good fight of faith, but they soon forget to add persistence, patience, and endurance to their enthusiasm. Many times our dreams and plans appear not to be succeeding. We are often tempted to give up and quit trying. We should be PERSISENT ~ PERSISENT people begin their success where others quit. Never worry about how much equipment, money, or ability you are starting with....it's not what you have; it's what you do with what you have that makes all the difference!!

You can start here and go anywhere you want to. It takes just as much effort to lead a bad life as it does a good life. Dissatisfaction is not the absence of things but the absence of vision. The significance of any person is determined by the cause for which he/she lives and the price he/she is willing to pay. You can predict a person's future by his awareness of his destiny. Life's heaviest burden is to have nothing to carry at all. In general people have too many opinions and not enough convictions. A man without principle never draws much interest. We all distrust our hearts too much and our heads not enough. What you set your heart on will determine how you spend your life. Do you know where you are going?

Getting ahead in a difficult market requires AVID FAITH in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much futher than people with vastly superior talent. I know several people with that great inner drive that I wouldn't invite to dinner.

The problems of today cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose abilities are limited by the obiovus realities. It takes imagination, ingenuity, and discovery to change the world.

Should we focus our energy on sharing ideas, finding solutions and using what is right with America to remedy what is wrong with it, I believe we can make a difference. But first it must start right here in our on home.

Well of course you have.. Who hasn't? Some people will call them failures but I believe that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." ( I've heard this a few times ;o) It's just an experience that all. We have got but one life here. It pays to try and accomplish things while were here. Gifts and talents are given to us to use not only so we can fulfill to the fullest the call in our own lives, but also so we can reach the souls who are attached to those gifts. Remember: it's not what you have, it's what you do with what you have that makes all the difference.

One of the biggest mistakes we can make is to believe that we work for someone else. No matter how many bosses we may have, we really work for the Lord. Time invested in improving ourself precludes time wasted in disapproving others. Everything we say or do creates an investment somewhere. Whether that investment generates a dividend or a loss depends on us. Investment doesn't cost, it pays. We cannot fulfill our destiny without applying the principle of investing in ourselves. We should always do our best, for what we plant now we will harvest later.