When I received the Nobel Prize, the only big lump sum of money I have ever seen, I had to do something with it. The easiest way to drop this hot potato was to invest it, to buy shares. I knew that World War II was coming and I was afraid that if I had shares which rise in case of war, I would wish for war. So I asked my agent to buy shares which go down in the event of war. This he did. I lost my money and saved my soul.
For what I have received, may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.
Treasure the love you have received above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.
The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ingratitude; but almost everybody is capable of thinking he hath done more that another deserves, while the other thinks he hath received less than he deserves.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor is the reward for what he gave.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Education is not received. It is achieved.