I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a badge of honor … it is a symbol of despair. Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! — President William McKinley This is the first blog of 2012 and I felt it fitting to begin with something along the lines of finance. This is a term we will be dealing with all through 2012 so we…
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand. — Woodrow Wilson The question becomes: why is it evil to be rich? It also becomes: why is it evil to want to be rich? Related posts: Lies, Slavery, and Education The Silence…
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson I can’t remember a Christmas that has been as hard as this one. It seems like my entire state of affairs is going down in flames. Money is extremely tight, we have been hit with expenses we didn’t expect, and I haven’t even purchased one Christmas gift yet. And I probably won’t. Related posts: Choice and Consequence Part 2 Moving the Universe
A man shall never be enriched by envy. — Draxe For some reason this time of year produces two distinct types of emotions: depression and exhilaration. This year many of us find ourselves in the depression state, for a variety of reasons, the most pressing being the lack of money. No related posts.
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. — Frank Herbert I have often heard it spoke, just recently in fact “I’m angry with God! God has permitted so many bad things to happen in my life, why? Is there even a God?” Related posts: Angry and Just Plain Mad