Norman Rentrop

Faith

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. attributed to D. Elton Trueblood - American author, philosopher and theologian (1900-1994)

Recognize

You have to listen to the music of life. Most people only hear the dissonances. based on Theodor Fontane - German writer (1819-1898), freely adapted from a letter, published in "Werke, Schriften und Briefe. 4. Abteilung", Volume II (1978)

Journey

The longest, most beautiful, but also most difficult journey is from the head to the heart. wisdom

Joy for the future

Americans believe in the future and are prepared to invest in it. attributed to Ronald W. Reagan - American politician, 1981-89 40th president (1911-2004), ), colud not be verified by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum

Mountains

Mountains are silent masters and make silent students. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – German poet (1749-1832), from "Wilhelm Meister's Travels", book 2, chapter 9 ("Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre", 1821)

Move

Move with the movers. William Rohl "Bill" Bright - American evangelist and founder of the world's largest missionary organization "Campus Crusade for Christ International" (1921-2003)

Optimism

Optimism is the true philosopher's stone, that turns whatever it touches into gold. attributed to Jean Etienne Chaponnière - Swiss sculptor (1801-1835)

Rest in God

As water is restless until it reaches its level, so the soul has not peace until it rests in God. Sadhu Sundar Singh - Indian Himalaya traveller and Christian missionary (1888-1929), from "With and Without Christ" (1929)

Rich

You don't get rich by what you earn, but by what you don't spend. attributed to Henry Ford - American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947)

Scientific truth

A great scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. Max Planck - German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1918 (1858-1947), from "Scientific Autobiography: And Other Papers" (pothumously 1948, Engl. 1950)

Love of money or love of duty

I was worth about over a million dollars when I was 23 and over ten million dollars when I was 24, and over a hundred million dollars when I was 25 and... it wasn't that important — because I never did it for the money. Steve Jobs - American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), in the PBS Documentary "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires" (1996)

Market

[The stock] Market is there to serve you, not to guide you. Benjamin Graham - born as Benjamin Großbaum, American investor and inventor of systematic stocks analysis (1894-1976), quoted by Warren Buffett (American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, b. 1930) in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1987)

Liberté

Je n'ai jamais cru que la liberté de l'homme consistât à faire ce qu'il veut, mais bien à ne jamais faire ce qu'il ne veut pas. Jacques Rousseau - écrivain et philosophe français (1712-1778), de "Rêveries du promeneur solitaire" (1782) I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants to do, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do. Jacques Rousseau -...

Learn

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. attributed to Mahatma Gandhi - Indian politician (1868-1948)

Learn

You cannot stop the waves. But you can learn to surf them! Bjørn Dunkerbeck- Danish-born Dutch wind surfer, 42 times world champion (b. 1969)

Imagination

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. wisdom, falsely attributed to Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)

Heaven

We have lost paradise but have received heaven; the gain is greater than the loss. Johan Chrysostom – born Johan of Antioch, Greek Doctor of Church, 398-407 Archbishof of Constantinopel (344 or 349-407)

Goals

You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems. James P. Clear – American writer and speaker (b. 1986), from "Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results" (2018)

Glow

Don't let your glow be taken away just because it dazzles others. motivation