Thomas Jefferson

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

Never spend your money before you have it.

In matters of style, swim with the current;In matters of principle, stand like a rock.

I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

We’ve realized the situation will not change so the answer is for us to change.

Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the ‘gotta have it’ scale.

Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

My favorite writers are all Jews – David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark – well, you get the picture.

Money won’t make you happy… but everybody wants to find out for themselves.

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other. It embraces judgment, discernment, comprehension. It is a gestalt or oneness, and integrated wholeness.

As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own.

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot in front of the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.

You can make just about anything of your life-anything you will believe or will visualize, anything you will pray for and work for. Look deeply into your mind. Amazing wonders are there. Whatever the situation may be, you can improve it.

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

I’m wary of what goal I set, because then I’ll have to accomplish it.