"I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week."

-- John D. Rockefeller

#Able Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Salary Quotes

“Nobody ever tells me to give them a pass or anything. My job is to score goals, and if I don't shoot the puck, I can't score goals.”

Source : "Ovie speaks out on Crosby, Caps' Cup hopes and that $124M deal". Interview with David Amber, sports.espn.go.com. February 7, 2008.
“The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves...”
“Leon, no offense, but you don't exactly look like a hockey player." "I told 'em I was a goalie. That's where they put the guy who can't skate, right? Just like in baseball when they put the worst player at catcher.”

Source : Steve Hamilton (2007). “Winter of the Wolf Moon: An Alex McKnight Mystery”, p.119, Macmillan
“If there is one characteristic more than others that contemporary public worship needs to recapture it is this awe before the surpassingly great and gracious God.”
“Oh, why must a man like that be made unhappy when there are lots of girls about who would worship the very ground he trod on?”
“Do not walk in the path of human reason, and resist the pressures that would project you into conjectures about the future. Live one day at a time! Simply striving to bring joy to your Father's heart is enough to keep you occupied. For you know that He loves you, and you will find your peace as you rest in Him.”

Source : Frances J. Roberts (2009). “Come Away My Beloved Updated”, p.25, Barbour Publishing
“I am not here [in the sanitarium] to write, but to be mad.”
“Pleasure is a thief to business.”

Source : 'The Complete English Tradesman' (1725) vol. 1

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