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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• "The general principles
on which the fathers achieved independce were the
general principles of Christianity...I will avow
that then believed, and now believe, that those
general principles of Christianity are as eternal
and immutable as the existence and attributes of
God." —John Adams (from
David Barton's video)
• "Give me neither poverty
onor riches; feed me with the food that is my portion,
lest I be full and deny Thee and say, "Who is
the Lord?" Or lest I be in want and stell, and
profane the name of my God."—Agur,
son of Jakeh Proverbs 30:8b-9
• "America is great because
she is good. If America ceases to be good, America
will cease to be great."—Alexis
de Tocqueville
• "In God We Trust"—America's
National Motto
•" Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."—Apostle
Paul, Romans 12:21
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• "We can't cross a bridge
until we come to it; but I always like to lay down
a pontoon ahead of time."—Bernard
Baruch
• "Giving Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat
in mine house, and prove me now, herewith, saith
the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows
of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there
shall not be room enough to receive it."—Bible,
Malachi 3:10
• "He hath riches sufficient, who hath enough to be charitable."—Sir
Thomas Browne
• "A man there was, and they called him mad; the more he gave, the
more he had."—John Bunyan
• "Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static."—Edmund
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• "The
historic glory of America lies in the fact that it
is the one nation that was founded like a church.
That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely
summed upafter it had existed; it was defined before
it existed."—G.K. Chesterton
• "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."—Winston
Churchill
• "Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what
is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good."—Calvin
Coolidge
• "The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to
maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain
its ideals."—Calvin Coolidge
• "There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal."—Calvin
Coolidge
• "The strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions."—Calvin
Coolidge
• "Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what
is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good."—Calvin
Coolidge
• "After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials
of a free government. Economy is always a guarantee of peace."—Calvin
Coolidge
• "There is no dignity quite so impressive and no independence quite
so important as living within your means."—Calvin Coolidge
• "No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some
great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or
failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist."—Calvin
Coolidge
• "Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what
is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good."—Calvin
Coolidge
• "The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to
maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain
its ideals."—Calvin Coolidge
• "No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been
the reward for what he gave."—Calvin Coolidge
• "Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what
is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good."—Calvin
Coolidge
• "But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the
greatest of these is love." I Corinthians 13:13
• "Plan ahead; it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark."—Richard
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• "And for the support of
this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection
of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each
other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."—Declaration
of Independence
• "Accidents will occur in the best regulated families."—Charles
Dickens
• "Most of us in the United States believe strongly in free enterprise;
but sometimes we forget that freedom and duty always go hand in hand, and that
if the free do not accept social responsibility they will not remain free."—John
Foster Dulles
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• "I have lived a long time, and I have seen history repeat itself
again and again. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has
come out stronger and more prosperous. Be as brave as your fathers before you.
Have faith. Go forward."—Thomas Edison
• "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."—Albert
Einstein
• "To have a free, peaceful and prosperous world we must be ever stronger
particularly in the spiritual things….It is American belief in decency
and justice and progress and the value of individual liberty because of the rights
conferred on each of us by our Creator that will carry us through.... There must
be something in the heart as well as the head."—Dwight D.
Eisenhower
• "Knowledge - full, unfettered knowledge of its own heritage, of
freedom's enemies, of the whole world of men and ideas - this knowledge is a
free people's surest strength."—Dwight D. Eisenhower
• "Through knowledge and understanding we will drive from the temple
of freedom all who seek to establish over us thought control - whether they be
agents of a foreign power or demagogues thirsty for personal power and public
notice."—Dwight D. Eisenhower
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• "Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil."—Henry
Fielding
• "A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without
a surplus is cntrolled by them, and often he has no opportunity to exercise judgment."—Harvey
S. Firestone
• "It is the hard-boiled employer, not the soft-hearted species, that
incites most of our strikes and does most ot endanger the harmonious progress
of democracy."—B. C. Forbes
• "Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or waman
seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair,
upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividens both indollars
and in peace of mind."—B. C. Forbes
• "He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all
the money he can honestly, for money can do so many worthwhile things in this
world, not merely for one's self but for others. But he is an unmitigated fool
who imagines for a moment that it is more important to make the monen than to
make it honestly. One of the advantages of possessing money is that it facilitates
one's independence and mental attitude. The man head over heels in debt is more
slave than independent."—B. C. Forbes
• "At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer
with one."—Malcolm Forbes
• "Give naught, get same. Give much, get same."—Malcolm
Forbes
• "The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make
money do more for the betterment of life."—Henry Ford
• "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become
corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."—Benjamin
Franklin
• "He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive
Christianity will change the face of the world."—Benjamin
Franklin
• "I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more
convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.
And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable
that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred
Writings, that "except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that
build it." —Benjamin Franklin
• "By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail."—Benjamin
Franklin
• "Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship."—Benjamin
Franklin
• "Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not
wits enough to be honest."—Benjamin Franklin
• "He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be
suspected of doing everything for money."—Benjamin Franklin
• "A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every
district - all studied and appreciated as they merit - are the principle support
of virtue, morality and civil liberty"—Benjamin Franklin
• "If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it away
from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."—Benjamin
Franklin
• "Our new constitution is now established, and has an appearance
that promises permanency:but in this world nothing can be said to be certain,
except death and taxes."—Benjamin Franklin
• "Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy,
and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might
the more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous
to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much
by our pride, and four times as much by our folly."—Benjamin
Franklin
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• "Bear one another's burdens." Galatians 6:2
• "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is
not law." Galatians 5:22,23
• "I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense and
my expense is equal to my wishes."—Edward Gibbon
• "When making out your income tax, it's better to give than deceive."—Arnold
Glasow
• "Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial
fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces.
There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed
on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of
our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give."—Thomas
Guthrie
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• "Ideals are the incentive payment of practical men. The opportunity
to strive for them is the currency that has enriched America through the centuries."—Robert
E. Hannegan
• "But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still
called "Today", lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfuylness
of sin." Hebrews 3:13
• "Taxes I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization."—Oliver
Wendell Holmes
• "Were it not for human life values there would be no property values
at all."—S. S. Huebner
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• "To preserve their independence we must not let our rules load us
with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or
profusion and servitude."—Thomas Jefferson
• "I know of no safe repository for the ultimate powers of society
but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise
their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from
them, but to increase their discretion by education."—Thomas
Jefferson
• "You shall love the Lord you God with all your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment.
The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as your self.' On these
two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."—Jesus
of Nazareth, Matthew 22:37-40
• "For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down
first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?"—Jesus
of Nazareth, Luke 14:28
• "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your
lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For
by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."—Jesus
of Nazareth, Luke 6:38
• "Giving It is more blessed to give than to receive."—Jesus
of Nazareth, Acts 20:35
• "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard see, ye shall say unto the
mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall
be impossible unto you."—Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew
17:20
• "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love
the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot
serve both God and Money."—Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew
6:24
• "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and
all these things shall be added unto you."—Jesus of Nazareth,
Matthew 6:33
• "Render unto Ceasar what is Ceasar's"—Jesus of
Nazareth
• "You cannot serve God
and mammon."—Jesus of Nazareth
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• "And he will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in its season."—King David of Israel,
Psalm 1:3
• "Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many
wicked."—King David of Israel
• "I would rather have people laugh at my economies than weep for
my extravagance."—King Oscar II of Sweeden
• "Know well the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your
herds; for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations."—King
Solomon of Israel, Proverbs 27:23
• "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your
own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths
straight."—King Solomon of Israel, Proverbs 3:5,6
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• "In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed
to give me light and strength."—Robert E. Lee
• "The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so
badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable
conditions never come."—C.S. Lewis
• "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely
will."—Abraham Lincoln
• "Determined that the thing can and shall be done and then we shall
find a way."—Abraham Lincoln
• "You can't escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."—Abraham
Lincoln
• "A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening
of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the precess, and he may spoil both fruit
and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe fruit at length falls into
his lap."—Abraham Lincoln
• "Stand with anybody that stands right and part with him when he
goes wrong."—Abraham Lincoln
• "That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and
hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."—Abraham
Lincoln
• "Give what you have. To someone it may be better than you dare to
think."—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• "The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious."—Martin
Luther
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• "A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own."—Thomas
Mann
• "If I had known I was going to live so long I would have taken better
care of myself."—Mickey Mantle
• "Large enterprises make the few rich, but the majority prosper only
through the carefulness and detail of thrift."—Theodore T.
Munger
• "Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its
open foes. The debt habit is the twin brother of poverty."—Theodore
T. Munger
• "Faith marches at the head of the army of progress. It is found
beside the most refined life, the freest government, the profoundest philosophy,
the noblest poetry, the purest humanity."—Theodore T. Munger
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• "Never borrow money except
for a primary residence, education, or emergency
health problems."—Old Southern
saying
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• "Blessed is he who carries within himself a God, an ideal and who
obeys it."—Louis Pasteur
• "Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart
is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles
unto death."—Thomas Payne
• "Frugality is good, if liberality be joined with it. The first is
leaving off superfluous expenses; the last bestowing them to the benefit of others
that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last with the
first begets prodigality. Both togehter make an excellent temper. Happy the place
where that is found."—William Penn
• "Be rather bountiful than expensive; do good with what thou hast
or it will do thee no good."—William Penn
• "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever
is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if
there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell
on these things." Phillippians 4:8
• "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable,
whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good
repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your
mind dwell on these things." Phillippians 4:8
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• "The noblest exercise of the mind within doors … is study."—William
Ramsey
• "The taxpayer: Someone who works for the government but doesn't
have to take the civil service exam."—Ronald Reagan
• "The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf."—Will
Rogers
• "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good
men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling
with them while they do it."—Theodore Roosevelt
• "The errors of faith are better than the best thoughts of unbelief."—Thomas
Russell
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• "There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't
do any business from there."—Colonel Sanders
• "All work that is worth anything is done in faith."—Albert
Schweitzer
• "A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well educated
family."—Thomas Scott
• "Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse."— Seneca
• "All losses are restored and sorrows end."—William
Shakespeare
• "The love of economy is the root of all virtue."—George
Bernard Shaw
• "Ideals are like stars: You will not succeed in touching them with
your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them
as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny."—Carl
Shurz
• "Economy is half the battle of life; it is not so hard to earn money
as to spend it well."—Charles H. Spurgeon
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• "He giveth twice that giveth quickly."—Richard
Taverner
• "Goodness is the only investment which never fails."—Henry
David Thoreau
• "Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just
as you also are doing." 1 Thessalonians 5:11
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• "Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find
it after many days. Divide our portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do
not kow what misfortune may occur on the earth."—Unknown
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• "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem you own
reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. Speak no evil of
the absent, for it is unjust. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful
to keep your promise. There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth,
and pursue it steadily. Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality
are necessary to make us a great and happy nation."—George
Washington
• "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."—George
Washington
• "Truth will ultimately prevail where there are plans taken to bring
it to light."—George Washington
• "Reason, perhaps too late, may convince you of the folly of misspending
time."—George Washington
• "We ought not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from
past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.—George
Washington
• "The consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably
connected will always continue to prompt meto promote the former by inculcating
the practice of the latter."—George Washington
• "The greatest asset of a man, a business or a nation is faith. The
men who built this country and those who made it prosper during its darkest days
were men whose faith in its future was unshakable."—Thomas
J. Watson
• "God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready
to guard and defend it. Let our object be our contry. And, by the blessing of
God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression
and terror, but of wisdom, of peace, and of liberty, upon which the world may
gaze with admiration forever."—Daniel Webster
• "Get all you can, without hurting our soul, your body, or your neighbor.
Save all you can, cutting off every needless expense. Give all you can."—John
Wesley
• "Education is the mother of leadership."—Wendell
Willkie
• "Only free people can hold their purpose and their honor steady
to a common end, and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of
their own."—Woodrow Wilson
• "Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist
in him."—Woodrow Wilson
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• "We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending.
If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is to be deplored.
But if one saves what he shoud prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be
commended. A wies balance between the two is the desired end."—Owen
D. Young
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