If You Want To Make A Positive

When It Comes To Money, You Can't Win. If You Focus On Making It, You're Materialistic. If You Try To But Don't Make Any, You're A Loser. If You Make A Lot And Keep It, You're A Miser. If You Make It And Spend It, You're A Spendthrift. If You Don't Care About Making It, You're Unambitious. If You Make A Lot And Still Have It When You Die, You're A Fool-for Trying To Take It With You. The Only Way To Really Win With Money Is To Hold It Loosely-and Be Generous With It To Accomplish Things Of Value.

Be The Most Enthusiastic Person You Know.

Most People Use Two Totally Different Sets Of Criteria For Judging Themselves Versus Others. We Tend To Judge Others According To Their Actions. It's Very Cut-and-dried. However, We Judge Ourselves By Our Intentions. Even If We Do The Wrong Thing, If We Believe Our Motives Were Good, We Let Ourselves Off The Hook. And We Are Often Willing To Do That Over And Over Before Requiring Ourselves To Change.

Enlightenment Writer And Philosopher Voltaire Likened Life To A Game Of Cards. Players Must Accept The Cards Dealt To Them. However, Once They Have Those Cards In Hand, They Alone Choose How They Will Play Them. They Decide What Risks And Actions To Take.

Churches Whose Members Fight With One Another Have Lost Their Vision For The Lost.