This final quote of the week is from Ivy Baker Priest who said something wonderful for us to contemplate this last day of this week, she said, “The world is round and the place which may seem like the end, may also be only the beginning.”

What a wonderful thought!

55 word story:
By Hope A. Torres called: In the Garden

Standing there in the garden, she saw him running toward her.
“Tina! My flower! The love of my life!”
He’d said it at last.
“Oh, Tom!”
“Tina, my flower!”
“Oh Tom! I love you, too!”
Tom reached her, knelt down, and quickly pushed her aside.
“My flower! You were standing on my prize-winning rose!”

Joke of the week:
Several elderly nuns were in a second floor convent when fire broke out. Thinking quickly, they took their habits off, tied them together to make a rope and climbed out of the window. After they made it safely to the ground, a news reporter quizzed one of the nuns about her ordeal. “Weren’t you afraid,” he asked, “that the habits could have ripped or fallen apart since they are so worn?” “No, no,” replied the nun. “Old habits are hard to break.”

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Betty Bender gives us today’s quote, “It’s a mistake to surround yourself only with people just like you. Throw off that worn comforter – and replace it with a crazy quilt of different and imaginative people. Then watch the ideas erupt!”

Absolutely loved this quote today – probably because I would say I have the craziest quilt of friends and acquaintances imaginable – and I adore them all!

C.K. Chesterton once said, “The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.” And so I challenge you – what do you need to unlearn, unravel, release today?

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The quote for this hump day of the week comes from Cynthia Heimel who said this, “When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap!”

Our oxymoron today follows our call to leap and it’s by George Will who said, “The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.” I read this to mean – LEAP! Go for it, and why not – you can!

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I’ve selected two quotes today for our brilliance theme – one for us to consider as the year is in it’s last quarter – it’s from Eleanor Roosevelt who said, “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” This is my own personal call to get my planning done.

And the next quote I hadn’t heard before and loved, about how we are focused in our life – it’s from Michelle Brown who said, “You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”

Loved this! It said to me – do the good thing – get busy when you’re scared, or confused – roll up your sleeves. I remember my dad doing that and how the attitude of him rolling up his sleeves was one of action.

And an oxymoron for you from Hugh Walpole, “Don’t play for safety. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world.”

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This week I’m doing something different – at least in the realm of quotes. I purchased a book of quotes called brilliance, and this book is different in that there are no sections, no categories, no table of contents – the book – about 125 pages is simply filled with quotes the compilers felt were brilliant. So this week I’m going to share some that struck me right, so we’re going for brilliance this week – and that could be whatever you think is brilliant –

Marie Beynon Ray said this, “Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand – and melting like a snowflake.”

And some brilliant observations: Goethe says, “Architecture is frozen music.”

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The last quote of the week on money is from that wise man, Bob Dylan – who I think has it right, he said, “What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”

Wow! How about we live like that!

55 word story by Joshua Hanes:

Wishful Thinking
Bob had all he wanted. And he still had one wish left.
“I can’t decide. Can I use it later?” he asked.
“You do boss. I’m just the genie.”
“Cool.”
As he walked down the street, he searched for a tune to express his joyous feelings.
“…Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener…”

Joke of the week:
The condition of a man who had been in a mental home for some years finally seemed to have improved to the point where he was being considered for release. Before allowing him to go, however, the hospital chief wanted to find out how he was likely to adapt to the outside world.

“Tell me,” said the medic, “if we release you – and all the reports indicate that you are now completely sane – what do you intend to do with your life?” The inmate said, “It would be wonderful to get back to real life and if I do, I will certainly refrain from making the same mistakes as before. I was a nuclear physicist, you know, and it was the stress of my work in weapons research that helped put me here. If I am released, I shall confine my work to pure theory, where I trust the situation will be less stressful.”

“Marvelous, “said the hospital chief.

“Or else,” continued the inmate, “I might teach. There is something to be said for spending one’s life bringing up a new generation of scientists.”

“Absolutely,” echoed the chief, enthusiastically.

“Then again, I might write. There is considerable need for books on science for the general public. Or I might even write a novel based on my experiences in this fine institution.”

“An interesting possibility,” agreed the hospital chief.

“Or, if none of these things appeal to me,” mused the inmate, “I can always carry on my life as a teapot.”

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The other man that is quoted the most, and even more than Henry Ford in the category of money is Benjamin Franklin who provided 8 different quotes for my business book, so I’m going to share two short ones:

The first is some great advice from uncle Ben, “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”

And the second quote from him is, “Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness.”

I remember once reading something about this same idea – that money itself – in any form, paper, coin, gold bar – was only the thing, it was neutral – it was only the value we placed upon it that gave it any power.

And another money oxymoron by  Artemus Ward, “Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.”

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I found it very interesting that there were two men among all the quotes I found who had the most to say about money – one of them I’m quoting today and it’s Henry Ford – he provided 7 different quotes on money – some of which I found contradictory which may be a testament to how he changed as he moved through his life, so I want to give you the two I liked best from him.

First Henry Ford said, “Old men are always advising young men to save money. That is bad advice. Don’t save every nickel. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar until I was forty years old.” This stuck me as wise and wonderful because he calls us to invest in ourselves – and this should never cease – it’s been the best investment I’ve ever made and added more value to my life and those of my clients.

His second quote is, “Money doesn’t change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out that is all.”

What I would add here on the positive is that if a person is naturally loving, generous and giving, money brings that out too.

And today’s oxymoron: From Don Herold who said, “I wish I were either rich enough or poor enough to do a lot of things that are impossible in my present comfortable circumstances.”

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I’m starting today with a simple fun quote on money followed by a more meaningful one – I couldn’t resist sharing this sage advice from Kin Hubbard who said this, “The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.”

Second quote: from Kahlil Gibran who has these sage words, “Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and it enlivens the other who turns it upon his fellow man.”

The Oxymoronica offer by Margaret Mead who said, “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”

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The theme this week is money. I didn’t realize when I selected it how many quotes – and of so many various opinions there were on the subject. At first I was overwhelmed – what was my theme behind the money? The reason it was included is because when looking through my books on quotes I saw an abundance to choose from; then as I settled down to decide which ones to use it became apparent that there are huge differences in opinion about money – and so it makes even more sense to tackle the subject.

So I’ve selected a sampling – and of course freely admit it’s my own bias about money that you will hear – and the gift for me was taking a look at that bias (a word I looked up): Bias – prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another -  sometimes considered to be unfair – someone has a bias against something – example: A bias against foreign applicants. Then I decided maybe it wasn’t bias after all – simply a belief… but I digress…

So this week the theme is money – and as I share quotes with you I challenge each person reading this to think about how you think about money.

Quote: The first quote is just for fun and comes from Mark Twain who said, “His money is twice tainted: ‘taint yours and ‘taint mine.”

Now for a thoughtful quote – from Henrik Ibsen who said, “Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.”

So for me this meant that money is needed for things that are needed – and the deeper life I live has nothing to do with money. It has to do with appetite, health, friends, peace and happiness. I am rich!

And because money is a fairly weighty topic – I’m going to share some fun oxymoron quotes to end each day. These all will come from the book: Oxymoronica by Dr. Mardy Grothe – a new and wonderful addition to my bulging library of words, quotes, ideas and what not.

Here is something from the Austrian-born English philosopher, Lugwig Wittgenstein, who once made the oxymoronic claim, “A serious work in philosophy could be written that consisted entirely of jokes.” He proved his point – and delighted his associates – with this observation: “When I came home I expected a surprise and there was no surprise for me, so, of course, I was surprised.”

Difficultly delightful, yes?

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