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There are two ways of being happy. We may either diminish our wants, or augment our means – either will do – the result is the same. It is for each man to decide for himself, and then do that which happens to be easiest.

- Benjamin Franklin.

I have been poor and I have been rich. Being rich is better.

- Sophie Tucker.

The philosophy of the rich versus the philosophy of the poor is this; the rich invest their money and spend what is left, the poor spend their money and invest what is left. – Jim Rohn.

Ask any wise man what he most desires and he will, more than likely, say `more wisdom`. – Napoleon Hill.

Some say opportunity only knocks once. That is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes you must have the equipment to take advantage of it. – Louis L`Amour.

Business Quotes:

Henry Ford – It is not the employer who pays wages he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages.

Eleanor P. Vreeland – If, on a single day, every chairman of every company stayed home, business would go on as usual. If every executive assistant didnt come in, business would come to a screeching halt.

Thomas Jefferson – Agriculture, manufacturers, commerce and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are most thriving when left most to free enterprise.

Max De Pree – Modern corporations should be communities, not battlefields. At their heart lie covenants between executives and employees that rest on shared commitment to ideas, to issues, to values, to goals, and to management processes.

Charles Eliot – All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Ralph Waldo Emerson – The craft of the merchant is this, bringing a thing from where it abounds to where it is costly.

Anonymous – In business, yesterdays formula for success is often tomorrows formula for trouble.

Thomas J. Watson – You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Benjamin Franklin – Drive thy business, or it will drive thee.

Dwayne Orton – Every business organization should have a vice president in charge of constant renewal.

Crawford Greenwalt – If our company is to be more successful than the enterprises with which we compete, it will be because all our people are distinguished by a small positive increment of devotion, dedication or determination beyond that of their opposite numbers elsewhere. It is such modest differences in individual achievement, multiplied by many thousands or millions, that distinguish a great company from one that is indifferent.

Avery, thanks for these Facts. lets roll on.

INTRO .- Quips and quotes.

- We could learn a lot from crayons … some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors … but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

- I have not yet begun to procrastinate.

- It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.

- The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain

- Humor is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles.

- The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain

- If you’re not lighting any candles, don’t complain about the dark.

- My mind works like lightning…one brilliant flash and it is gone!

- You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile.

- God heals, and the doctors take the fee. Ben Franklin

- Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of. Ben Franklin

- There never was a good war or a bad peace. Ben Franklin

- Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln

- If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. Milton Berle

- We all love a good loser – if it isn’t us.

- Sometimes a smile happens in a flash, but the memory of it often lasts forever.

- Don’t forget that appreciation is always appreciated.

- Air travel is wonderful. It lets you pass motorists at a safe distance.

- Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life.

- Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain

- Life is uncertain – eat dessert first!

- Man cannot live by chocolate alone – but woman can!

- People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.

- Insanity is heredity (or hereditary) — you get it from your kids.

- The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.

Proverbial Wisdom:

1- Pleasantness – Proverbs 16:21, 24

2- Perversity – Provers 16:28

3- Patience – Proverbs 16:32

I. PLEASANTNESS

16:21 “The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant words promote instruction.”

Wise people are discerning. They think before they do and definitely think before they speak. The wise person speaks pleasant words that promote instruction.

Talking too much can cause hoarseness in the voice, but it can also cause a hoarseness, a roughness, even a separation in relationships with other people.

Prov. 10:19 “When words are many, sin is not absent…”

When words are many, pleasant words are generally absent. When we just talk and talk, we don’t think. And when we don’t think about our words, they are generally more meaningless.

May God help us all to think before we speak and to strive to speak words that bless and heal and build people up.