MONUMENTAL TEAMWORK A little boy was calling at homes, selling picture post cards for ten cents each. "What are you going to do with the money?" he was asked. "I'm raising one million dollars for…
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THE GRAND SOLUTION "What is life about? It is not about writing great books, amassing great wealth, achieving great power. It is about loving and being loved. It is about savoring the beauty of moments…
THE PRICE OF LOVE Our minister was talking to the pint-sized members of a Sunday School class about things money can't buy. "It can't buy laughter," he told them. "That comes from the soul. And…
TIME IS THE SAME "Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes.…
THE LOSER IS FIVE BUCKS RICHER 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…
METALLIC SUCCESSES Financial success is purely metallic. The one who gains it has four metallic attributes, gold in his palm, silver on his tongue, brass in his face, and iron in his heart. By Abraham…
ONLY RICH MAN I take him to be the only rich man who lives upon what he has, owes nothing, and is contented.
ALWAYS A LITTLE MORE A reporter once asked the elder Rockefeller, "How much money does it take to satisfy a person." The billionaire snapped back, "Always a little more!"
SWEET DESTRUCTION Certain kinds of ants have a passion for the sweet, glandular substance given off by the caterpillar of a large blue butterfly. They can become so "addicted" to it that they even seek…
FLUTE FLATTENED The parable is told of a reed flute which was passed down from the time of Moses. Crudely made, the instrument nevertheless produced wonderful music which inspired thousands over the years. Then, the…
CALCULATED GIVING Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely calculated less or more. Wordsworth
SHARING OR GIVING Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare. J.R. Lowell
TRUE WORTH What are you worth? Because only the rich can give and only the poor must count the pennies.
HE LEFT EVERYTHING A very wealthy man died. Shortly thereafter a neighbor asked, "How much did he leave?" A wise woman replied, "Everything!"
FINANCIAL NERVE A man's wallet is the most sensitive nerve in his body. Louis Evans Sr.
HIGHEST LEVEL OF CHARITY Maimonides, a Spanish philosopher who lived about 800 years ago, said there were eight degrees of charity. The seventh highest was giving to people we don't know and who don't know…
NOT MUCH FOR HEAVEN TO WORK WITH A rich stingy man died and went to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, he was greeted courteously. An angel was summoned to escort him to his eternal residence.…
NO ONE LISTENING The story is told of a little country boy who wore a thin, ragged coat and worn-out shoes. He was struggling through deep snow on his way to school one bitter cold…
SPURGEON'S EGGS Charles Spurgeon and his wife would sell, but refused to give away the eggs their chickens laid. Even close relatives were told, "You may have them if you pay for them." As a…
OFFERING ANNOUNCEMENTS One pastor, thinking under the pressure of the moment that he was quoting Scripture, intoned to the congregation, "A fool and his money are soon parted. The ushers will now come forward to…
