Money Quote Friday – Sheer Madness Edition.
“It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.”
-Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Have a great weekend….
“It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.”
-Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Have a great weekend….
“If we agree that the bottom line of life is happiness, not success, then it makes perfect sense to say that it is the journey that counts, not reaching the destination.”
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
We only go around once; be sure to not miss it while looking for success. Have a great weekend.
“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.“
-Mark Twain
That one is for the folks at AIG getting bonuses and retention payments for driving the company into the ground. Have a great weekend…
“Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.“
- Henry David Thoreau
Have a great weekend everyone.
“This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because [...]
“When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem.“
- Richard Needham
Have a great weekend everyone.
“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”
- Henry Ford
Have a good weekend everyone.
“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your f*cking khakis. We are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.“
- Tyler Durden, Fight Club.
Think about it. Have a great weekend.
“No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won’t start.”
-Larry McMurty
Have a great weekend everyone.
“Inflation continues till common man is completely sucked out of money, then recession sets in and continues till he becomes suckable again.”
- B. J. Gupta
Have a great weekend everyone…
“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.”
- Euripides
Have a great weekend everyone…
“Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.”
-Ludwig van Beethoven
Isn’t that the truth! If and when we have kids, it will be so important to teach them not to chase money for happiness. Happiness comes from everywhere BUT money – it’s a tough lesson to [...]
“If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.”
- Unknown
So many of our problems come from our terrible relationship with money. It’s a shame we don’t spend as much time working on it as we do other unhealthy relationships, no? Have a [...]
“Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits.”
~Author Unknown
Don’t let this be you this year – make 2009 the year your habits change for the good and stay that way. Hope you all had a great couple of weeks for the holidays, and let’s see what we can [...]
“People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.”
-Bob Nelson
Keep that in mind as you contemplate any and all career choices. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!