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How to Grow Prosperous

A wise man said: ?If you want one year?s prosperity, grow grain, but it you want ten year?s prosperity, grow men and women.?

Where is Your Life Work?

An oilman said to a missionary as they were being evacuated from Malaya with the coming of the Japanese during World War II, ?My life?s work has gone into oil wells, which I had to blow up; your life has gone into people, into their character and development. My life work has gone, yours will remain. I?ve failed and you?ve succeeded.?

Jim Morrison on Purpose in Life

Jim Morrison, legendary song-writer and leader of the band, The Doors, once commented on his stage performances: "I'm god up there! I do what I want! I'm interested in anything about revolution, disorder, chaos, sex, and especially activity that has no meaning." (Newsweek (6 Nov. 1967), p. 101; quoted by Haynes, The God of Rock, p. 174).

Living life not knowing where it leads

"To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads - such is the behavior of the multitude." (Menclus)

Sure They Haven't Got It

Most people don't know what they really want -- but they're sure they haven't got it. -- Alfred E. Newman (Mad Magazine)

Einstein on Living for Others

?Only a life lived for others is worthwhile.? Albert Einstein

Joy and Immersion in Something Bigger

?No one, I am convinced, can be happy who lives only for himself. The joy of living comes from immersion in something that we know to be bigger, better, more enduring and worthier than we are.? John Mason Brown

Einstein on Being Here for Other Men

?From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men ? above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.? Albert Einstein

A Person Fired With Purpose

?There?s no grander sight in the world than that of a person fired with a great purpose, dominated by one unwavering aim.? Orison Swett Marden

Setting Some Aim in Life

?The evidence is overwhelming that you cannot begin to achieve your best unless you set some aim in life. What would football be without a goal? You see men play over their heads to reach their goal, whether in sports or throughout life.? (Henry J. Kaiser)

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