Morning Briefings

Taken as a whole, Proverbs 16:3 (Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed) is telling us that when we genuinely devote our work to the real Boss, over time, God will transform our mindset. He’ll change the way we view management and He’ll inoculate us from compromising His will on the job.

– Michael A. Zigarelli
Management by Proverbs

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

– John D. Rockefeller

On a particularly difficult day a nurse prayed: ‘O God, where are you? Why don’t you send help?’ ‘I did,’ God replied, ‘I sent you. And as long as it takes, I will be with you whenever and wherever you honor human life.’

– Fr. James Krings
Living Faith

If you have ever wondered if the economic principles that govern business practices are compatible with the biblical principles that govern our personal practices, consider the fact that Paul uses an opportunity-cost argument in Philippians 3:7-8.

– Randy Raggio
Devotional Venture: 60 Inspiring Devotions by Business Professionals by Business Professionals

In the Hundred Acre Wood and elsewhere, those who know how to write a proper letter are much respected and in great demand.

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Pooh’s Little Etiquette Book

Your job requires study, sensitivity and experience. But it bears with it a particular attention to truth, goodness and beauty. This makes us particularly close because the church exists to communicate truth, goodness and beauty ‘in person.’ It should be clear that we are all called, not to communicate ourselves, but rather truth, goodness and beauty.

– Pope Francis in a Papal Audience for Members of the Media as reported by Cathleen Falsani
The Orange County Register

I leave from where the Apostle arrived.

– Pope Benedict XVI

The overemphasis on politics today is an indication that people are governed, rather than governing.

– Fulton J. Sheen in the 1953 book
Way to Happiness: An Inspiring Guide to Peace, Hope and Contentment

Only dead people have a past. Rest of us living have a future. I find it more worthwhile to talk about the future, which we can change, than the past.

– Ravi Srivastava
A Bend in the River

For I know well the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope.

– Jeremiah 29:11
The New American Bible