Benjamin Franklin: Money

Here are two quotations on Money by Benjamin Franklin in his “Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748.” Hope you will find some wisdom in this.

“Remember, time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle, one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the only expense; he has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings besides.”

“Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on, till it becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown, destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds.”

Source: www.quoteland.com

John Christian Bovee: Determination

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough,” (John Christian Bovee: www.quoteworld.org).

Valdes Vivo: Foreign Lands

“Cuba is no longer an island. There are no islands anymore. There is only one world,” (Vivo Valdes: www.politicalquotes.org).

John Maxwell: Success

“A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position,” (John Maxwell: www.thinkexist.com).

John F. Kennedy: Opportunity

“When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity,” (John F. Kennedy, address, 12 April 1959: www.quotegarden.com).

Clare Booth Luce: Courage

“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount,” [Clare Booth Luce (1903-1987), in Reader's Digest, 1979: quotationspage.com].

Peter Bailey: Ambition

“Children, you must remember something. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive,” [Pearl Bailey "Talking to Myself" (1971): quoteland.com].

Cicero: Courage

“Live as brave men, and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts,” (Cicero, 106 BC – 43 BC: quotationspage.com).

Hannah Arendt: Determination

“What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one’s own efforts,” (Hannah Arendt: quoteworld.org).

Anonymous: Ambition

“We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have ‘crossed bridges’ in their imagination far ahead of the crowd,” (Anonymous: quoteland.com).