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“There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.” – Andrew Carnegie “Riches are with me, durable riches. My fruits is better than gold, and my revenue is better than choice silver”. – Proverbs 8: 18-19 “Being first is more important to me. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it’s just a method of keeping score now. I mean, i certainly don’t need more money.” – Larry Ellison “The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.” – Rich Dad “I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.” – John D. Rockefeller “The wise man put all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.” – Andrew Carnegie “Many people rush into the game of investing thinking they are predators. When they get to the middle of the game, they then realize they are the prey and they try to escape but it will be too late. Only the preys with a well def...

You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how. --Margaret Mitchell I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love. --Gabriel García Márquez If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you. --A.A. Milne Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. --Charlotte Brontë I’ve never had a moment’s doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life. --Ian McEwan You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I cannot tell; what I mean is, that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction which I have resisted in vain, and which overmasters me. --Charles Dickens ‘It is better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all. --Alfred Lord Tennyson Th...

We have to remember, when we forgive we're not doing it just for the other person, we're doing it for our own good. When we hold on to unforgiveness and we live with grudges in our hearts, all we're doing is building walls of separation. ~Joel Osteen You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison. ~Joel Osteen If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made--and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others--we'll never experience the good life God has in store. ~Joel Osteen “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved...

We have to remember, when we forgive we're not doing it just for the other person, we're doing it for our own good. When we hold on to unforgiveness and we live with grudges in our hearts, all we're doing is building walls of separation. ~Joel Osteen You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison. ~Joel Osteen If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made--and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others--we'll never experience the good life God has in store. ~Joel Osteen “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved...

We have to remember, when we forgive we're not doing it just for the other person, we're doing it for our own good. When we hold on to unforgiveness and we live with grudges in our hearts, all we're doing is building walls of separation. ~Joel Osteen You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison. ~Joel Osteen If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made--and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others--we'll never experience the good life God has in store. ~Joel Osteen “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved...

We have to remember, when we forgive we're not doing it just for the other person, we're doing it for our own good. When we hold on to unforgiveness and we live with grudges in our hearts, all we're doing is building walls of separation. ~Joel Osteen You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison. ~Joel Osteen If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made--and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others--we'll never experience the good life God has in store. ~Joel Osteen “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved...

We have to remember, when we forgive we're not doing it just for the other person, we're doing it for our own good. When we hold on to unforgiveness and we live with grudges in our hearts, all we're doing is building walls of separation. ~Joel Osteen You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison. ~Joel Osteen If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made--and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others--we'll never experience the good life God has in store. ~Joel Osteen “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved...

We have to remember, when we forgive we're not doing it just for the other person, we're doing it for our own good. When we hold on to unforgiveness and we live with grudges in our hearts, all we're doing is building walls of separation. ~Joel Osteen You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison. ~Joel Osteen If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made--and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others--we'll never experience the good life God has in store. ~Joel Osteen “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved...

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment. --Gandhi I always get what I want because I always want what I get. --Tim Bischoff Do not tell me that you have got to be rich! We have a false standard of greatness in the United States. We think here that a man must be great, that he must be notorious; that he must be extremely wealthy, or that his name must be upon the putrid lips of rumor. It is all a mistake. It is not necessary to be rich or to be great, or to be powerful, to be happy. The happy man is the successful man. Happiness is the legal tender of the soul.Joy is wealth. --Robert Ingersoll A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. --Epictetus Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flo...

“If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the IKEA employees.” – Ingvar Kamprad “The speed of the leader determines the speed of the gang.” – Mary Kay Ash “Sometimes, i think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don’t act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end.” – Bill Gates "Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life. --Mary Kay. “Kindness is more powerful than compulsion.” – Charles Schwab “Successful businessmen share the ability to hire people smarter than they are.” – Dillard Munford “There is only one boss; the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” – Sam Walton “There are no working ...

Lying about what you want out of marriage going in because you’re afraid you’ll lose the relationship if you are honest is one of the worst kinds of fraud you could ever commit. --Gary L. Thomas The truth is, we want to be known; we truly do. But we’re afraid. If you see the real me, will you run away? Am I even worth being known? Will the real me bore you? Scare you? Repulse you? And so we hide. --Gary L. Thomas Here’s what I want you to ask yourself as you embark on your search for a vibrant sole mate: what will your ideal marriage look like? Will the two of you spend your lives “sucking the marrow out of life,” or working hard to establish a business and/or ministry (and often spending evenings and weekends recovering)? Will you seek to build a child-centered family, focusing on the kids, or have you always thought you’d like to do a lot of foreign travel or maybe just adopt one or two children? Will you have separate hobbies, or would you prefer to do everything together? --Gar...

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world. – Sri Chinmoy Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth. – James Allen It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. – Mahatma Gandhi If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts. – Alan Cohen I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. – Marianne Williamson Meditation is listening to the Divine within. – Edgar Cayce 31.  Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness. – Swami Sivananda One hour’s meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer. – Muhammad Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation ...

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. – Jiddu Krishnamurti Make meditation a daily practice, and it will soon turn into a habit. – Remez Sasson Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen. – Shunryu Suzuki No matter what technique you follow, do it right, and with one pointed mind, attention, interest and love. – Remez Sasson A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises. – Johannes Tauler Life is available only in the present moment. – Thich Nhat Hanh Meditate daily, and soon your inner strength and mind power will grow. – Remez Sasson When we pay attention, whatever we are doing…is transformed and becomes a part of our spiritual path. We begin to notice details and textures that we never noticed before’ everyday life becomes clearer, sharper, and at the same time more spacious. – Rick Fields Plant the seed o...

“It’s been miserable, Gary,” the woman confessed. “We’ve only been married for three years but it has been the worst three years of my life. My husband has just been awful. And what frustrates me so much is that God confirmed that I was supposed to marry him, ten times over.” You could have served the bitterness in her voice to a thousand people. In another conversation, another woman, married not just years, but decades, to a man who proved to be pathological, slipped in the same sigh and words, “But God told me to marry him.” To these and many others who said, “God told me to marry him/her,” I want to cry out, “No, he didn’t.” How can I say that? My response is simple: How can you say the opposite? There is nothing in Scripture that suggests there is just one person we’re ‘supposed’ to marry. Proverbs 31 urges young men to be guided by a woman’s faith and character in making their choice—there is no mention of second guessing some divine destiny. In 1 Corinthians 7, the a...

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self ~Napoleon Hill Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today’s actions to tomorrow’s results. There’s a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which ~Gary Ryan Blair Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power ~Clint Eastwood Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline ~Helen Hayes Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward ~Napolean Hill You don’t have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life work...

1. Contact past clients at least once per quarter using a variety of media: personal visits, phone conversations, networking events, e-mail messages, or handwritten personal notes. 2. Don't go it alone! Exposing potential project team members during the business development process has the dual benefits of demonstrating a collaborative approach and mentoring younger professionals in the art of rainmaking. 3. Brainstorm ways to involve past and current clients in your efforts (e.g., charettes, co-presenting at a conference, serving on town and technical committees). 4. Ask provocative, inquiring, open-ended questions to learn more about your client's universe. Then (and only then!) provide specific information about your firm and the benefits it provides in the context of their needs. 5. Provide free advice, resources, and/or industry best practices during the business development process. Doing so will demonstrate that you have your client's best interest at heart v...

Obviously, I’m not a relationship expert. But there’s something about my divorce being finalized this week that gives me perspective of things I wish I would have done different… After losing a woman that I loved, and a marriage of almost 16 years, here’s the advice I wish I would have had 1. Never stop courting. Never stop dating. NEVER EVER take that woman for granted. When you asked her to marry you, you promised to be that man that would OWN HER HEART and to fiercely protect it. This is the most important and sacred treasure you will ever be entrusted with. SHE CHOSE YOU. Never forget that, and NEVER GET LAZY in your love. 2. Protect your own heart. Just as you committed to being the protector of her heart, you must guard your own with the same vigilance. Love yourself fully, love the world openly, but there is a special place in your heart where no one must enter except for your wife. Keep that space always ready to receive her and invite her in, and refuse to let anyone or an...

Trust is not a matter of technique, tricks, or tools but of character. We are trusted because of our way of being, not because of our polished exteriors or our expertly crafted communications. Here are some quotes that may be useful to consider as you think about the role of trust in your life and leadership: "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it." --Warren Buffett "We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk." --Thomas Moore "The glue that holds all relationships together--including the relationship between the leader and the led--is trust, and trust is based on integrity." --Brian Tracy "Trust is like blood pressure. It's silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly." --Frank Sonnenberg, author of Follow Your Conscience "Just trust ...

The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you're willing to sacrifice. --Nathan W. Morris The thoughts and beliefs that you repeat in your mind when you are experiencing a negative situation become your reality. Your subconscious will make sure these limiting thoughts and beliefs are manifested. --Maddy Malhotra Don't be a slave to your limiting beliefs. It's your mind, so take control of it today. Stop following the beliefs that don’t help you. Create empowering beliefs that will serve you better. --Maddy Malhotra Greatness is defined by public recognition of the value of ones contributions to society, and therefore, true greatness is a bit more elusive to obtain than success. --Ken Poirot Have you realized that today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday? It is your responsibility to change your life for the better. --Jaachynma N.E. The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no...

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. --Anne Frank It is only when you take responsibility for your life that you discover how powerful you truly are. --Allanah Hunt We are responsible for our actions. But we must battle for sufficient time in our own lives to bring value to our existence. --Fennel Hudson The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die. --George R.R. Martin Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give life a meaning. --Jean-Paul Sartre There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility ...