Morning Briefings

Besides the earth, man’s principle resource is man himself. His intelligence enables him to discover the earth’s productive potential and the many different ways in which needs can be satisfied.

– Pope John Paul II

45 Life Lessons and 5 to Grow on: #34 – God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

– Regina Brett, Columnist
The Plain Dealer

Your gift to God is simple: Accept His gifts. Utilize His gifts to become the success He designed you to be.

– Larry Julian
God is my Success

We were all born originals. Why is it so many of us die copies?

– Edward Young from
The Business Ethics Activity Book

The vast majority of business leaders have succeeded not through charisma, but through experience, judgment, boldness, tenacity and hard work.

– Joseph L. Badaracco and Richard R. Ellsworth
Leadership and the Quest for Integrity

In Ghana, an often-heard word for God is the name Onyame. The literal translation is ‘He, who when you get him, you are fully satisfied.’ Those who know that Onyame is God’s name alone will be the ones who can move through this world freely and unfettered. And no created thing will ever be able to deceive them.

– Kenneth E. Grabner
Focus Your Day

Norquist’s company has planted more than 100,000 square feet of greenery on rooftops and walls, and was responsible for more than one-third of the green roof space installed in New York last year. Although Norquist is a veteran of the nonprofit world, she’s proving adept at leading a company in a fast-growing industry.

– Christine Lagorio
Inc.’s 31 Stories of Small Business Success

What does the world want? Build a company that answers this question in all its shades of meaning, and you’ve unlocked the most intricate riddle of marketing, of business, and arguably of human culture itself.

– John Battelle
The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture

You know, Lord. You knew yesterday who I would be today, and you know today who I’ll be tomorrow. Maybe I don’t need to know myself as well as I thought.

– Maribeth Walker
A Moment With God for Graduates: Prayers for Every Graduate

Virtues belong to the soul, according to St. Thomas Aquinas – but companies do not have souls; man does. And when man has perfected the virtues – prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance – he is as God intended him: a sound manager.

– Dawn Carpenter
Five Things Every Catholic Businessperson Must Know, crisismagazine.com