"O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through the sea! There is nothing in which I would advise you to be more strictly conscientious than in keeping the Sabbath day holy. I can truly declare that to me the Sabbath has been invaluable."

-- William Wilberforce

#Sunday Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Sea Quotes

“As Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.”
“The investment banks should either choose to be regulated as banks or should arrange to conduct their affairs to not require the stop-gap support of the Federal Reserve.”

Source : "A Wish List for Fixing Wall Street" by Andrew Ross Sorkin, www.nytimes.com. May 13, 2008.
“The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.”

Source : Winifred Holtby (1937). “Letters to a friend”
“Persons visited by the angel quiver with a thrill unknown to the rest of mankind”
“I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.”
“The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.”
“Inspiration is really all around us. I pay attention to a lot of different fields. I stay up on current events. I go to community meetings to see what concerns the people in my neighborhood. Paying attention to social interactions offline really inform interactions online. The real world is a bottomless source of inspiration for what you can build.”
“Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.”

Source : Edward Bellamy (2000). “Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887”, p.158, Applewood Books

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