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Companies that succeed are driven by internal ambition. Stock price doesn’t drive them. Ambition and values drive them.
You should keep a copy of your tax return indefinitely, but you need to save supporting documents for only three years.
Begin with little things daily and one day you will be doing things that months back you would have thought impossible.
Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction.
Soft-brained people, weak-minded, chicken-hearted , cannot find the truth. One has to be free, and as broad as the sky.
Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow.
Our sex need not primarily define who we are, what we are capable of, or what we can be expected to enjoy or engage in.
Love is illogical. You fall into it like a manhole. Then you're just stuck. You die in love more than you live in love.
I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.
We only think about the difficult people and the horrible things that happen. That's what gets all the media attention.
We have to transform those ordinary actions of our day into dharma practice because otherwise nothing is going to move.
I do think that someone who decides to devote themselves entirely to the spiritual life, that that is more meritorious.
For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands down.
I have a big mouth, and over the years, as the eldest of five, I have had a tendency to speak when no one really cared.
I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.
I MAY HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF SOME FLICKER OF EMOTION IN THE RECENT PAST, said Death, BUT I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE.
I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up after them.
His sister had been sent down to the village to ask Mistress Garlick the witch how you stopped spelling recommendation.
As a species, we are forever sticking our finger into the electric socket of the universe to see what will happen next.
Each voice is distinct and has something to say. Each voice deserves to be heard. But it requires the act of listening.
God the Father's a deep root; the Son's the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance
It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
There are a great many people in our society who are happy, but since they don't know they're happy, they're not happy.
When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short.
Students learn best not by reading the Great Books in a closed room but by opening the doors and windows of experience.
It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.
The Allwise Creator hath been dishonored by being made the author of fable and the human mind degraded by believing it.
It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are frequently surprised into reason by their mistakes.
All men can understand what representation is; and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents.
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.
The good you have done, the kind words you have spoken, the love you have shown to others, can never be fully measured.
We are going to make mistakes, but none of us can become an expert in family history work without first being a novice.
Christ's peace can permeate any heart - hearts that are troubled, burdened with grief, confused, and pleading for help.
It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.
I think that survivorship bias, the survivorship bias is something I'm very acutely familiar with because of investing.
After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.
One of the biggest obstacles in the way of people coming to Christianity is that they think they know about it already.
If we are not deliberately thinking about our culture and our context, we will be conformed to it without ever knowing.
Vegetarians may be appalled, but much of gardening is actually raising animals: the tiny ones under the earth's surface
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.
Above all, have a good time. If you aren’t enjoying writing it, you can hardly expect someone else to enjoy reading it.
Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver.
I look at people's lives and you see what's not working in their lives and it usually comes from an undisciplined mind.
Winter isn't forever. Winter is always followed by spring. And it's how to take advantage of whatever season you're in.
Be yourself. That's it. I got about 45 [billionaires] . They are all different, all unique, and they are all self-made.
Grow the lawn and mow the lawn always keep the TV on, brush your teeth and kill the germs, poison apples, poison worms.
Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone?
The cynic is his own worst enemy. It requires far less skill to run a wrecking company than it does to be an architect.
The question you must answer isn't how to get ahead. It's how to go somewhere that matters. And have fun along the way.