Morning Briefings

When you are up against a step, you cannot see where the next step is leading. Sometimes opportunity is like staring at the knees of a giraffe.

– Laurie Beth Jones
Jesus, CEO

Christ learned about his mission while he was cutting wood and making chairs, beds and cabinets. He came as a carpenter to show us that–no matter what we do–everything can lead us to the experience of God’s love.

– Paulo Coelho
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

To develop a reliable routine, a golfer has to decide to follow it and practice it time after time until it becomes an ingrained habit that will show up no matter how much pressure he or she is under. You can be sure that under pressure, you will find out what your dominant habit is.

– Dr. Bob Rotella
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect

Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested. It is said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, in the language of the desert, ‘one dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.’

– Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist

So many people use unanswered prayers as a reason for not believing in God.

– Anthony DeStefano
Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To

Work only with the receptive. After Jesus chose the twelve men who would help him start a movement that continues to this day, he sent them on a mission. He didn’t give them much of a plan or any financing. If a village wasn’t receptive to what they were trying to do, they were to ’shake the dust off your feet’ and move on to the next village.

– Bob Buford
Stuck in Halftime

The difference between greatness and mediocrity may be two inches. That is my recurring nightmare. Someday I will be with God and He will say, ‘Jimmy, you were two steps away from greatness. Why didn’t you take them?’ I will not be condemned by the lack of those two steps. I will be embarrassed by my failure to take them.

– James O’Leary
I Think I Am Happier Than I Think I Am