Satisfying life
Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life. Ellen Sue Stern – American life advisor and author (b. 1954)
All Quotes
Why?
I”ve just been a machine for making money. I seem to have spent my life in a golden tunnel looking for the outlet which would lead to happiness. But the tunnel kept going on. After my death there will be nothing left. attributed to Aristoteles Onassis – Greek reeder (1906-1975), known as one of the richest menin his time
What the world needs
Don”t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. John Eldredge – American christian counsellor and author (b. 1960)
Why God loves
God loves us not because we are lovable, but because He ist love. C. S. Lewis – Britisch writer (1898-1963), from Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis: Volume III, Letter to Mary Van Deusen, May 25, 1951
Spiritually poor
This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. John F. Kennedy – American politician, 1961-63 35th president (1917-1963), from his State of the Union Address on January 14th, 1963
Creating value
Many managers wonder why we create value where they don”t succeed. That is due to the factors we talked about: The 100-day plan, the measuring systems, entrepreneurial mentality that we encourage and our way of control. Henry Kravis – American private equity manager (KKR) (b. 1944)
Greediness and idolatry
If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen. Polycarp of Smyrna -early Christian theologian, Bishop of Smyrna, one of the Apostolic Fathers(ca.69/70 – ca. 155/156), in his letter to the Philippians
God’s work
God”s work done in God”s way will never lack God”s supply. J. Hudson Taylor – called “Pioneer in the Forbidden Land”, English missionary in China (1832-1905)
Employ money
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known, how he employs it. attributed to Socrates – Greek philosopher (469-399 v. Chr.)
Kingdom of Heaven
If we think that heaven is our country, we should send our wealth thither rather than reatin it here, where on our sudden daparture it will be lost to us. John Calvin – born Jean Cauvin, French reformator and founder of the Calvinism (1509-1564)
Charity and covetousness
Charity gives itself rich, covetousness hoards itself poor. German proverb
Money
Come to see money not as a passport to luxury but as a dangerous encumbrance, and you will not find it ridiculous to give to whoever needs it. John Boykin – American author (b. 1952)
Meaning of Life
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. attributed to D. Elton Trueblood – American author, philosopher and theologian (1900-1994)
Wellbeing
The Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans had about the same level of wellbeing as the Maasai of East Africa, a traditional herding people who live in huts with no electricity or running water. Ed Diener – American professor in psychology (b. 1946), from “Barclays Wealth Insights, Volume 4: The True Value of Wealth” (2007)
Allow mistakes
I can be wrong more offen than I am right, so long as the leverage on my correct judgments compensates for my mistakes. attributed to Leon Levy – American fund manager: Oppenheimer Fund (1926-2003)
Listen
You have two ears and one mouth. Frederik Cappelen – Swedish manager, former CEO Nobia (b. 1957)
Waste
Too many people spend money they haven”t earned, to buy things they don”t want, to impress people they don”t like. William Penn Adair “Will” Rogers – American humorist (1879-1935)
“Simple” job
I was happier when I was doing a mechanic”s job. attributed to Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947)
Serve God with money
Remember this: you can”t serve God and money but you can serve God with money. Selwyn Hughes – English pastor and author, founder of the christian publishing company CWR (1928-2006), from “Service in the Eighth Degree – A biblical perspective on giving”
Riches
Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost his authority. attributed to John Calvin – born Jean Cauvin, French reformator and founder of the Calvinism (1509-1564)