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 they called home to see…
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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 sounds like a lot of…
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 in a fur store, the…
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, to what end the wheel…
GIVE A LITTLE MONEY A wife asked her husband, "Can you give me a little money?" Her husband responded, "Yes, how little?"
BETTER TO GIVE THAN LEND It is better to give than to lend and it costs about the same. By Phillip Gibbs
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 Bakker
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! My valet called in sick,…
TRUE TEST OF GENEROSITY The test of generosity is not how much you give, but how much you have left.
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 home." That evening the family…
MARRY MONEY OR BORROW MONEY Never marry for money. Ye'll borrow it cheaper. A Scottish proverb
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 to a car. Charles D.…
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 of the Christian expressions commonly…
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 divorces, a child-custody dispute, alimony…
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 Jackson
Attitude | Blessing | Doctrine | Evil | Generosity | Money | Perspective | Poverty | Reward | Wealth
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 money. The Levinsons were a…
POLITICS, FOOLS, AND MONEY Walton's Law of Politics: A fool and his money are soon elected.
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 sought in disproportionate, obsessive ways,…
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 guy says, "I don't buy…
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 that people valued their "lifestyles"…
