"What a man does with his wealth depends upon his idea of happiness. Those who draw prizes in life are apt to spend tastelessly, if not viciously; not knowing that it requires as much talent to spend as to make."

-- Edwin Percy Whipple

#Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.”
“Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.”
“It is concern that precedes and inspires agendas, and survives when agendas fail, and it causes us to try again, always trying our best, never certain about our own judgment. It is knowing that God's purpose exceeds whatever we can put in an agenda.”

Source : "Faith and Politics". Book by John Danforth, p. 189, September 19, 2006.
“O Death, O Beyond, Thou art sweet, thou art strange!”
“Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.”
“And yet I adore him. I think he's quite crazy, and with no place or occupation in life, and far from happy, and philosophically irresponsible â€“ and there is absolutely nobody like him.”
“Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain, Still keeps their graves and their remembrance green.”
“Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body.”

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