"I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity."

“Love is energy of life.”

“God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.”

“Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals.”

Source : George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.6, Lulu.com

“My last supper would be a charcuterie smorgasbord with every kind of meat, and sauces to dip them in.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.”

“You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people.”

“Violence is the first means and the last resort to pacify a people, and thus is something we need to continue to consider after the gunfire has ended.”

“Ah, what balance is needed at the edges of such an abyss. I am left alone on the surface of a turning planet. What to do but, like Michelangelo 's Adam, put my hand out into unknown space, hoping for the reciprocating touch?”

Source : "Between Here and Now" by R. S. Thomas, ("Threshold", p. 110), 1981.