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Mungerisms

By: admin | Date: February 25, 2023 | Categories: quotes

by Warren Buffet – 2022 Shareholders Letter Nothing Beats Having a Great PartnerCharlie and I think pretty much alike. But what it takes me a page to explain, he sums upin a sentence. His version, moreover, is always more clearly reasoned and also moreartfully – some might add bluntly – stated.Here are a few of […]

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Money Can’t Buy…

By: admin | Date: October 3, 2019 | Categories: quotes

Italian billionaire Brunello Cucinelli on what money can’t buy: “There are three things you cannot buy. Fitness: You have to keep fit, whether you’re rich or not. Diet: You cannot pay someone to be on a diet for you. Then, looking after your soul. No one can possibly treat your soul but you yourself.” Source: […]

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Way to Say Thanks

By: admin | Date: November 19, 2016 | Categories: humor

There was a doctor who went to get his hair cut and he went to pay for it. The barber said, “you guys in the medical field, you do so much for others; this one’s on me. The doctor put away his wallet and said, “thank you.” In the morning when the barber showed up […]

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Stewardship – It’s Ours

By: admin | Date: February 20, 2016 | Categories: stories

When Carol and I were married, we each brought some material possessions into our new life together. I brought a savings account into our new life together; Carol brought her furniture, stereo system, dinner ware and other home furnishings. (I should let you know I brought furniture in too –comfortable furniture. I hadn’t considered whether […]

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The Paradox of Our Time

By: admin | Date: September 20, 2015 | Categories: quotes

The Paradox of Our Time in History is that we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; more medicine, but less wellness. We read too little, watch TV too much and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our […]

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Your Money or Your Life 2

By: admin | Date: September 19, 2015 | Categories: quotes

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I’ve had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. […]

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Your Money or Your Life?

By: admin | Date: | Categories: quotes

“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.” Barack Obama

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Life and money

By: Dave Weidlich | Date: September 17, 2015 | Categories: quotes

If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that one will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. – Henry Ford BAM Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. – Woody Allen

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Afraid of Change?

By: admin | Date: February 28, 2012 | Categories: humor, quotes

Sign on a tip box at coffee shop: Afraid of change? Leave it here.  

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Millionaires Need $7.5 Million to Feel Wealthy

By: admin | Date: January 21, 2012 | Categories: news, surveys

http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/03/14/millionaires-need-7-5-million-to-feel-wealthy/ The definition of  “wealthy” is a moving target, depending on the economy and prevailing politics. To some in the White House, a salary of $250,000 a year is wealthy, to others, it’s barely a living wage. Everett Collection But millionaires have their own benchmarks.  According to a Fidelity Investments survey of more than 1,000 […]