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A Bit of Wisdom from the 1745 Poor Richard's Almanack |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/13/2023 12:04 PM
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Philidelphia, PA...A Bit of Wisdom from the 1745 Poor Richard's Almanack. Poor Richard's Almanack was published by Benjamin Franklin, under the pen name of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders". Annual versions were published from 1733 to 1758 & outsold everything but the bible. For two generations before the Revolutionary war he helped create our unique heritage and identity. In this crazy time where the news headlines read like satire, we thought it might be refreshing to head down history lane a bit.
Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great Ship.
A light purse is a heavy Curse.
Help, Hands; for I have no Lands.
It's common for Men to give pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
Vanity backbites more than Malice.
He's a Fool that cannot conceals Wisdom.
Great spenders are bad lenders.
You may talk too much on the best of subjects.
No gains without pains.
There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Light heel'd mothers make leaden-heel'd daughters.
'Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
Every Man has Assurance enough to boast of his honesty, few of their Understanding.
An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now. |
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A Bit of Wisdom from the 1744 Poor Richard's Almanack |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/11/2023 11:37 AM
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Philadelphia, PA...Poor Richard's Almanack was published by Benjamin Franklin, under the pen name of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders". Annual versions were published from 1733 to 1758 & outsold everything but the bible. For two generations before the Revolutionary war he helped create our unique heritage and identity. In this crazy time where the news headlines read like satire we thought it might be refreshing to head down history lane a bit.
He that drinks his Cyder alone, Let him catch his Horse alone.
Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad Habits.
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion.
He that has not got a Wife, is not yet a compleat Man.
What you would seem to be, be really.
If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.
Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a Gallon of Vinegar.
Make haste slowly.
Hear Reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Give me yesterday's Bread, this Day's Flesh, and last Year's Cyder.
God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees.
Sloth (like Rust) consumes faster than Labour wears: the used Key is always bright.
Keep thou from the Opportunity, and God will keep thee from the Sin.
Where there's no Law, there's no Bread.
As Pride increases, Fortune declines.
The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares.
Those who are fear'd, are hated.
The Things which hurt, instruct.
A soft Tongue may strike hard.
A true Friend is the best Possession.
Epitaph on a Scolding Wife by her Husband. Here my poor Bridget's Corps doth lie, she is at rest, –and so am I. |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Walt Disney |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/06/2023 12:01 PM
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"Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings." ~ Walt Disney December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966
"Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation." ~ Walt Disney December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." ~ Walt Disney December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966
"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known." ~ Walt Disney December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." ~ Walt Disney December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." ~ Walt Disney December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966
"If you can dream it, you can do it." ~ Walt Disney December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966
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A Bit of Wisdom from Warren Buffett |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/05/2023 09:23 AM
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“I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.”
"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction."
"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."
"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."
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A Bit of Wisdom from Mark Twain on His Birthday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 11/30/2023 12:13 PM
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Hannibal, Missouri...Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain), November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910. Writer of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County that put Calaveras County & also Mark Twain on the map.
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened."
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
"All good things arrive unto them that wait and don’t die in the meantime."
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
"Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits."
"The lack of money is the root of all evil."
"To eat is human…to digest‚ divine." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from C.S. Lewis |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 11/29/2023 12:12 PM
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"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important." ~ C.S. Lewis 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963
"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither." ~ C.S. Lewis 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963
"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive." ~ C.S. Lewis 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963
"The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." ~ C.S. Lewis 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963
"We are what we believe we are." ~ C.S. Lewis 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963
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A Bit of Wisdom from Jonas Salk |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 10/30/2023 09:34 AM
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La Jolla, CA...Jonas Salk, October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995
"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
"I pictured myself as a virus or a cancer cell and tried to sense what it would be like."
"The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more."
"Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Napoleon Hill |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 10/26/2023 10:42 PM
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Greenville, SC...Oliver Napoleon Hill October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970. Author of "Think and Grow Rich"
"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure."
"The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does."
"It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project."
"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Winston Churchill |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 10/10/2023 10:46 PM
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"If you're going through hell, keep going." ~ Winston Churchill
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A Bit of Wisdom from Milton S. Hershey |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/13/2023 04:43 PM
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Hershey, PA...Milton S. Hershey September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945. American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist.
I didn't follow the policies of those already in the business. If I had, I would never have made a go of it. Instead, I started out with the determination to make a better nickel chocolate bar than any of my competitors made, and I did so.
I believed that, if I put a chocolate on the market that was better than anyone else was making, or was likely to make, and keep it absolutely uniform in quality, the time would come when the public would appreciate it and buy it.
The value of our good is not measured by what it does, but by the amount of good it does to the one concerned.
Young man: Be honest; train yourself for useful work; love God.
One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy.
Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising. |
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