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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| adf70c0 | In a market, preceptions could be as important as reality. p.403 | Kurt Eichenwald | ||
| 39c8943 | Kaminski plunged ahead. "I am not going to sign off on anything related to the Raptors," he said. "And I don't care if I'm fired for it." Buy raised a hand. "Whoa, wait a minute, I don't think you'll be fired," he replied quickly. "Now that Skilling's gone, we have a different mantra in Enron." He looked Kaminski in the eye. "We're expected to be honest", he said. p.525" | Kurt Eichenwald | ||
| 768c8bc | Excuse me, Ben," Bowen said. "Am I wrong, or aren't you the corporate treasurer?" Glisan bristled. "Yes." "What do you mean, you think you can get one?" Bowen shot back. "This is the current fucking maturities schedule! Go get it. You have to have a maturities schedule!" But they didn't. With all the focus on deals and earnings- with finance group's transformation into a profit center rather than a division to support the business- the work.. | Kurt Eichenwald | ||
| da10445 | Eichenwald, Kurt. Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story. New York: Broadway Books, 2005. | Edward D. Hess | ||
| 51f0f11 | There is no substitute for an understanding mind. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 199e0bd | Your . . . sermon lasts but an hour or two--your life preaches all the week. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| bc8a6e6 | But suffering does not automatically bring glory to God and blessing to God's people. Some believers have fainted and fallen in times of trial and have brought shame to the name of Christ. It is only when we depend on the grace of God that we can glorify God in times of suffering. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 23afc4b | Leaders must learn to obey before they have the privilege of asking others to obey them. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 10c5d31 | As we begin each day, we trust we'll still be around at the end of the day. What happens in between depends on how we start in the morning and how we end in the evening. Verses 1 and 2 describe an ideal day: "It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night." That's how we ought to live each day. When you wake up in the morn.. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 5917d91 | No matter how we or others may evaluate what we do, ministry that's based on biblical principles will meet human needs and glorify God. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| a93d2e5 | Principles are like rocks, and methods are like rivers; together they get the job done. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| e6abd32 | Thoughts are important, because what you think is what you become. "As he thinks in his heart, so is he" (Prov. 23:7). Thinking leads to doing, and doing leads to being. Sow a thought and you reap an action. Sow an action and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. If" | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 2726557 | Not all the blood of beasts, On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain. But Christ the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler name And richer blood than they. (Isaac Watts) | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 45388e7 | To be gripped by the miraculous magnificence of prayer means to be humbled and broken, deeply grateful for the privilege of access into the presence of the Almighty. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 0e52f5a | It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 30be5e2 | Paul stated that there are three evidences of the fullness of the Spirit in the life of the believer: he is joyful (Eph. 5:19), thankful (Eph. 5:20), and submissive (Eph. 5:21-33). Paul said nothing about miracles or tongues or other special manifestations. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| f213809 | The words of Jim Elliot were true: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| bf732f6 | Religion is man's attempt to make peace with God on his own terms. Redemption is God's offer of peace through Jesus Christ. But this is "peace through the blood of His cross" (Col. 1:20)." | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 6390f50 | God is glorified when people see the Master and not the minister. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 0a5f6c4 | To be poor in spirit does not mean to deny your personality or try to suppress it. It simply means yielding it to God for Him to make it all that He wants it to be. The motto is old but true: "God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him." | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 818be93 | It doesn't have to be dark outside for us to be in the middle of the night. Sometimes the darkness is in us. Discouragement moves in, and we are like Asaph, who said, "My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; my soul refused to be comforted" (v. 2). Some translations read, "My sore was running in the night." What do you do when your soul refuses to be comforted? Asaph tells us what we should do. First, talk to God. "I cried o.. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| c0ce70b | We can't depend upon our own rule, because we are weak and ignorant. And we can't depend too much on the rule of others, because they are as weak and ignorant as we are. The only thing we can depend on is the rule and reign of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. If He is on the throne of our lives, then we can face tomorrow with courage and confidence. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| e8f0276 | When God used David's sling, He needed David's hand to swing it. When God builds a ministry, He needs somebody's surrendered body to get the job done. You are important to the Lord, so keep your life pure: "A holy minister [servant] is an awful weapon in the hand of God." | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 39f22b2 | There's no substitute for Christian character. No matter how much talent and training we may have, if we don't have character, we don't have anything. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 6289df6 | His faith was in the Lord. He looked back without regret; he looked around without fear; and he looked ahead without doubt or apprehension because he trusted in Jesus Christ. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 1bb20de | The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out. | love | Warren W. Wiersbe | |
| b779511 | In Greek the name Christ is khristos (christos). The first letter looks like the English letter X. Every vocation has its shorthand, and those in the church used the letter chi (kh) to represent Christ in words that began with "Christ-." So "Xmas" is an honorable abbreviation for Christmas. It was not intended to take Christ out of Christmas" | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 670bf86 | Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 6b821ef | God has ordained that His people live by promises and not by explanations. | trust | Warren W. Wiersbe | |
| a0c9917 | The hardening of Pharaoh's heart is a warning to all of us. If the sinful human heart doesn't respond by faith to God's Word, it cannot be transformed by the grace of God (Ezek. 36:26-27; Heb. 8:7-13). Instead, it will become harder and harder the longer it resists God's truth. No matter how often God may send affliction, it will only provoke more disobedience. In the last days, when God sends His terrible judgments on the world (Rev. 6--16.. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 16a642c | We ought to take time to admire His wisdom in creation. I've read that if the proportion of gases in the air were changed ever so slightly, all of us would die. The way God tilted the earth, the way He arranged the seasons, the way He put creation together is a revelation of His great wisdom. It's logical that the God who is wise enough to run creation is wise enough to run our lives. If He can keep the stars and the planets and the seasons.. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 54abecb | Sometimes fear comes, not before the battle or even in the midst of the battle, but after we have won the victory. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 61dc727 | This is why Isaiah 12:2 says, "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid." | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 5925289 | Hebrews 13:6 reads, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 6f6b694 | As you study the book of Isaiah, you will discover that the prophet interspersed messages of hope with words of judgment. God remembers His mercy even when declaring His wrath (Hab. 3:2), and He assures His people that they have a "hope and a future" (Jer. 29:11 NIV)." | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 20da4c8 | He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 2914885 | Money is the "god of this world," and it empowers millions of people to enjoy life by living on substitutes. With money, they can buy entertainment, but they can't buy joy. They can go to the drugstore and buy sleep, but they can't buy peace. Their money will attract lots of acquaintances but very few real friends. Wealth gains them admiration and envy but not love. It buys the best in medical services, but it can't buy health." | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| e7623f9 | Life is something like a doctor's prescription: taken alone, and the ingredients might kill you; but properly blended, they bring healing. | perspective | Warren W. Wiersbe | |
| b3b900e | Stop pampering yourself. Stop whimpering. Stop asking God to give you toys; ask Him to give you tools and weapons, because there is a Church to build and a battle to fight. It is a marvelous thing to be adopted and to be rich in the Lord Jesus Christ. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| a8c2c13 | Lifted up was He to die, "It is finished" was His cry; Now in heav'n exalted high, Hallelujah, what a Savior! (Philip P. Bliss)" | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 7e904ee | Hope is not a sedative; it is a shot of adrenaline, a blood transfusion. Like an anchor, our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life (Heb. 6:18-19), but unlike an anchor, our hope moves us forward, it does not hold us back. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| af0e9bd | Unclean lips are caused by an unclean heart (Matt. 12:34-35). Isaiah cried out to be cleansed inwardly (Ps. 51:10), and God met his need. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| eeb39af | The only thing we can depend on is the rule and reign of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. If He is on the throne of our lives, then we can face tomorrow with courage and confidence. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 63b1aa6 | The gospel message does not center in a philosophy, a doctrine, or a religious system. It centers in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. | Warren W. Wiersbe |