10 Important Quotes for Today.
- Reality:- We may shut out reality but not memories. Fantasy is better than reality. Food, warmth and shelter are the essentials- the rest to some degree is luxury. ~Socrates
- Opportunity:- the moment makes the man. If two dogs fight over a bone, the third one gets it. You won't get a six if you don't roll the die. Opportunity is picking the right moment for grasping a disappointment. Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity. The most important thing is knowing when to forego an advantage.
- Optimism:- Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Manners:- G Good manners consist in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of others. ~Mark Twain. Good manners are lost in poverty. Prosperity often breeds bad manners.
- Marriage:- Marriage has two days of happiness; the first day and the last. It is not the lack of love but the lack of friendship that ends marriage. Always look at the mother before you marry the girl.
- Money:- Money is something you need in case you don't die tomorrow. Money is neutral, it's what you do with it that counts. Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. With a full purse, you won't be short of friends.
- Observations:- Better to weep with the wise than laugh with the fool. Better to smile last than to laugh first. Better to break engagement than to break marriage. Better to go to heaven in rags than to hell in finery. Better to sleep without supper than to rise in debt. Better to be envied than to be pitied. Better to arrive late than not at all.
- Poverty:- Poverty is created to give the rich opportunity for charity. Poverty makes beautiful women ugly. Poverty is feeling poor. Poverty is not being without money but being without hope. In poverty you have no power. The general tragedy of poverty is not knowing the luxury of giving. When poverty enters the door, love leaves by the window. By having nothing we have everything.
- Risk:- If you ride a tiger, you can't dismount. There is a risk in crossing the street, and there is a risk in not crossing the street. Many things are sweetened by risk. If you are too kind, you may attract the wrong kind of people.
- Reward:- The hope of reward sweetens labour. Love is the reward for love. Living well is the best reward. The reward for Success is Success. The worse the journey, the sweeter the arrival. No one is impoverished by giving. Happiness belongs to those who think of others. Pain is forgotten when gain follows.
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