How's Your Support Team...Christina Aguilera

Everybody needs a support team.  --Christina Aguilera

How is your team?

Admit When You Don't Know...Harvard Business Review

Acknowledge your own limitations so others can do the same. From Harvard Business Review's Management Tip of the Day

http://web.hbr.org/email/archive/managementtip.php?date=042011

The Highest Appreciation...John F. Kennedy

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  -- John F. Kennedy

Don't Rush...Valorie Burton

“Don't rush into the things, whether a decision, a relationship, or a major purchase. Urgency is often just fear in disguise. Have faith. Slow down. Be wise.”

--Valorie Burton, Author and Motivational Speaker

http://www.valorieburton.com

We Can Do Amazing Things...Denice Torres

“I have such huge conviction that as groups of individuals we have more power to change the world than we know. If we harness that energy, we can do amazing things—and always have fun doing it." --Denice Torres, President, McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, Johnson & Johnson

Featured on WOMEN AT LIBERTY Leadership Tuesday's, April 26, 2011.  See http://womenatliberty.com/leadershipdevelopingwomenleaders1.html. 

Quote taken from:  "Strategy For Success -- Deal With Resistance" on Womenworking.com

Are You Passing Along Your Wisdom To The Next Generation?...Michelle Van Loon

But perhaps the most lasting fruit will come if [older] women become a generation of generous, ruthlessly honest Titus 2 women who search for every opportunity to pass along [their] own compasses to younger friends who are entering midlife. 
--Michelle Van Loon, author of "A Christian Woman's Midlife Crisis" 

Her.Meneutics (n.) The Christianity Today blog for women
http://blog.christianitytoday.com/women/2011/04/a_christian_womans_midlife_cri.html

The Angel Spoke To The Women...Happy Resurrection Day!

Happy Resurrection Day!! 

"Then the angel spoke to the women...He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead." Matthew 28: 5-6 NLT

Love Is An Action Word...Nona

Hate will cause you to do strange and evil things and feel you are justified in your actions. But, love will compel you to look with compassion, heal and restore. Love is an action word.  --Nona

Used with permission. http://www.art4god.com 

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

   As a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, robbers attacked him and grabbed everything he had. They beat him up and ran off, leaving him half dead.

    ³¹A priest happened to be going down the same road. But when he saw the man, he walked by on the other side. ³²Later a temple helper came to the same place. But when he saw the man who had been beaten up, he also went by on the other side. ³³A man from Samaria then came traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he felt sorry for him ³⁴and went over to him. He treated his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put him on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him. ³⁵The next morning he gave the innkeeper two silver coins and said, "Please take care of the man. If you spend more than this on him, I will pay you when I return." ³⁶Then Jesus asked, "Which one of these three people was a real neighbor to the man who was beaten up by robbers?"  ³⁷The teacher answered, "The one who showed pity."

   Jesus said, "Go and do the same!"

Luke 10:30-37 (Contemporary English Version) http://www.biblegateway.com

Silence Can Be A Betrayal...Vashti McKenzie

There comes a time when silence is a betrayal.  

--Bishop Vashti McKenzie, African Methodist Episcopal Church 

HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY!

Experience the ministry of Bishop Vashti McKenzie

• Bishop McKenzie delivers a Prayer at the 2011 Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House after remarks by President Barack Obama.

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Gratitude is...Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. --Henry Ward Beecher

Source: http://www.flowersgrowing.com/the-nobility-of-the-lily-garden/ 

How Would You Like To Be Remembered?...Dr. Dorothy Height

I want to be remembered as someone who used herself and anything she could touch to work for justice and freedom.... I want to be remembered as one who tried. --Dr. Dorothy Irene Height (1912 - 2010) 

On the first Anniversary of Dr. Height's going home to be with the Lord, please join the Dorothy I. Height Education Foundation, The National Council of Negro Women, Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. along with people around the world and stop at 12:00 noon EST until 12:02 EST, for a moment of silent prayer in memory of Dr. Dorothy I. Height. Also, please wear a touch of purple in honor of Dr. Height.

Be Who You Are...Shelly Lazarus

You cannot be afraid to be who you are.  Live your values.  Live your life.  

–Shelly Lazarus, Chairman, Olgilvy and Mather Worldwide

See Leadership Tuesday's, Developing Women Leaders on the WOMEN AT LIBERTY website for more information.

Are Your Friends Adversity Proof?

“It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.”  --A Proverb

Don't Get Distracted...Susie C. Owens

Distractions distort. Distractions divert. Distractions disrupt. Distractions displace. Distractions disturb and distractions cause discouragement. Your place of discouragement is about to become your place of discovery.  You got to know this year that God is in control of every aspect of your life. So hold your head up, shrug your shoulders and get'em back and ...Don't Get Distracted!  --Co-Pastor Susie C. Owens, M.A., From the sermon, "Don't Get Distracted" (2010), Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church, Washington, D.C., Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Pastor (http://www.gmchc.org) 

No Passion In Playing Small...Nelson Mandela

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.  --Nelson Mandela

The Courage of Great Leaders...John Maxwell

“A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.”  --John Maxwell, Author and Motivational Speaker

http://www.johnmaxwell.com

Be Passionate...Martha Stewart

My best advice? Be passionate, work hard, believe in your good ideas.  --Martha Stewart 

Find The Courage To Do What Drives You...Bethann Hardison

"...Only when you know who you are will you be able to find the courage to do what drives you—with integrity and grace." 

--Bethann Hardison, former model, fashion industry icon and business owner 

Quote and picture from Black Enterprise, Woman of Power Bethann Hardison Shares Her Golden Rule of Success  http://www.blackenterprise.com/2011/02/11/woman-of-power-bethann-hardison-shares-her-keys-to-success/-

Follow Your Passion, But...Bridgette Bean

You have to follow your passion, but you have to do it strategically. --Bridget Bean, Director, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington Metropolitan Area District Office

Be First Rate...Judy Garland

Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.
--Judy Garland

Keep Running...Bishop Vashti McKenzie

You’ve got to run and keep running to achieve victory.  --Bishop Vashti McKenzie, This Is Your Wake Up Call!

Hear the audio message at:
http://thisisyourwakeupcallonline.com/2011/04/07/my-name-is-victory/

Thankfulness...William Ward

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" --William A. Ward

Is Your Life A Good Movie?

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching. --Source Unknown

You are capable! Zig Ziglar

YOU are capable.  --Zig Ziglar

Learn, Live, Hope...Albert Einstein

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." 

--Albert Einstein

We Must Carry On...Coretta Scott King

"I would challenge you today to see that his spirit never dies and that we will go forward...We must carry on..." --Coretta Scott King (regarding the assassination of her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr.)

We Are The Ones To Rise Up...Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed..."  

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Have A Big Goal...Joyce Meyer

It's better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it.  --Joyce Meyer, http://www.joycemeyer.org/

The Proper Use of Power and Influence

Use your influence and power to accomplish some good today. --VWO

(Image source: http://vi.sualize.us/view/lexbex2360/a7a90ce88d01c894a1d9ce9f902a4268/ ) 

Like Yourself...Susan Jeffers

"Remove those 'I want you to like me' stickers from your forehead and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good --
on your mirror!" 

--Susan Jeffers, Author and Speaker
http://www.susanjeffers.com