#if

You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. ---Sherlock Holmes ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#gifts

You can be happy with money and you can be wretched with it. It depends on what kind of person you are. -- A Prologue to Love ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#life #love #money #life

The problem for a lot of people is that they don't really know what they want. They have vague desire: to 'do something creative' or to earn more money or 'to be free', but they can't really pin down what it is precisely that they want. So they drift from one thing to another, enjoying some moments and hating others, but never really finding fulfillment or success. (..) This is why it's hard to lead a successful life (whatever that means to you) when you don't know what you want. ↗

— John C. Parkin

#success #wanting #life

A lot of people make money off of fear and negativity and any way they can feed it to you is to their benefit in a lot of ways. You can't avoid it completely; you have to be open enough that shit doesn't stick on you, it goes through, because you are gonna be hit and bombarded all the time with negativity... You just let things go on through without trying to stop them or block them. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#life

The gift was not large as money goes, and my need was not great, but the spirit of the gift is beyond price and leaves me blessed and in debt. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#debt #gift #thankful #money

Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!" "Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm. "What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?" "I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly. "I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!" "No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#cruelty #death #justice #life #philosophy

I've found time can heal most anything and you just might find who you're supposed to be. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#music #taylor-swift #music

Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue. But to give is not to do. The money is given in lieu of action, thought, care, time. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#money #self-sacrifice #money

Life isn't about the ups and downs. It doesn't matter that you have no money, a crappy marriage, or annoying children. Life is all about the now, and how you spend it. Live it well, laugh it up, and love as much as you can. Your life will be over before you know it. ↗

— Dixie Carnley

#life #love #life

Above all else, be true to your heart. When you marry, whether it be a marquis or an estate manager (or both!), it will be for life. You must go where your heart leads and never forget that love is the most precious gift of all. Money and social status are poor substitutes for a warm, tender embrace, and there is little in life more fulfilling than the joy of loving and knowledge that you are loved in return. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#life