Posts from October 2017

Habit starts out as a thread. As new threads are added, it becomes a rope we cannot break. Ability is a poor man’s wealth. To teach is to learn twice. Grief often can be fully experienced alone, but to get the full value of joy, one must share it with another. Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruits. Men often hear only what they already understand. (Goethe)…

Money is the husk of many things, but it is not the kernel. It brings food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; days of joy, but not peace and happiness. (Henrik Ibsen) Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like. He who burns bridges had better be a good swimmer. Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. I…

A lot of people don’t have much to say, and that’s ok; but, the trouble with some of them is that you have to listen a long time to find that out. It is better to deserve honor and not receive it than to receive honor and not deserve it. Don’t point a finger; lend a hand. Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment. The more you say, the less others remember. Giving until it hurts is not necessarily a measure…