NO MONEY FOR COLLECT CALLS A couple decided to take a much- needed vacation and leave their young children behind with a trusted baby-sitter. The first night away from home […]
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MONOPOLY MONEY Time Inc. CEO Richard Munro, on the roughly $12 million he stands to make over the next 10 years because of his company’s acquisition of Warner Communications: “That
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I DON’T GET IT Sam Goldsmith went out with his wife during the Depression. They would often go window-shopping because they didn’t have money to purchase anything. One night, looking
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ECONOMIC AMBITIONS If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters. Harnessed to a social purpose, they will turn the mill and grind the corn. But the question,
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GIVE A LITTLE MONEY A wife asked her husband, “Can you give me a little money?” Her husband responded, “Yes, how little?”
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BETTER TO GIVE THAN LEND It is better to give than to lend and it costs about the same. By Phillip Gibbs
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MATERIAL EQUATIONS There is no way, if you take the whole counsel of God’s Word, that you can equate riches or material things as a sign of God’s blessing. Jim
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COMPARATIVELY BETTER BAD DAY Thornapple, the born loser, is sitting with his boss. His boss lets out a sigh of lament. Thornapple asks, “Bad day?” His boss says, “The pits!
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TRUE TEST OF GENEROSITY The test of generosity is not how much you give, but how much you have left.
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A BETTER SATURDAY As young Johnny reached for the ringing phone one Saturday, his dad sighed through his teeth: “If it’s the guy from the office, tell him I’m not
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MARRY MONEY OR BORROW MONEY Never marry for money. Ye’ll borrow it cheaper. A Scottish proverb
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HARTMAN’S AUTOMOTIVE LAWS 1) Nothing minor ever happens to a car on the weekend. 2) Nothing minor ever happens to a car on a trip. 3) Nothing minor ever happens
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CHRISTIAN CLICH�S Dicky Love found some great definitions from a 1984 Charles Swindoll Tape. An Eternity Magazine article entitled “Bring on the Bromide Seltzer” poked a little fun at some
LOTTERY MONEY In 1976, Erika Earnhart won one million dollars in the lottery with an annual income of fifty thousand dollars after taxes. Her heart-breaking story since then includes two
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THE MONEY TEST “It is easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing — that’s the Lord’s test” By Mahalia
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POVERTY IS A STATE OF MIND Sam Levinson, in his book entitled Everything But Money, says his family had plenty of everything — fights, neighbors, cockroaches, relatives — everything but
POLITICS, FOOLS, AND MONEY Walton’s Law of Politics: A fool and his money are soon elected.
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MODERATION LOST Sin arises when things that are a minor good are pursued as though they were the most important goals in life. If money or affection or power are
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LOTTERY TICKETS FOR LOSERS Two guys are sitting around talking and the first fellow says: “Let’s go get some lottery tickets. The jackpot’s up to 30 million.” The second old
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AMERICA AND ITS MONEY While Americans’ spending power increased 31 percent from 1968 to 1985, the percentage of disposable income they gave decreased 8.5 percent. In other words, they found
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