POINTS TO PONDER

 

 

Giving

In Westminster Abbey the inscription on the tombstone of Christopher Chapman, bearing the date of 1680, says:

“What I gave, I have.

What I spent, I had.

What I kept, I lost.” —Christopher News

 

Making you young

Chancellor Adenauer, at seventy, was given a physical examination. Afterwards, the doctor gave him some advice on his health and lifestyle.

When the chancellor became impatient, the doctor protested, “We can’t make you a young man.”

Chancellor Adenauer replied, “I don’t want you to make me a young man. I want you to keep me getting older.”

—Athel W. Miller

 

Cut your conversation Time

If you cut your conversation time in half, you’d have plenty of time for more pleasures and reading. —Elmer Wheeler

 

Know what you want

If your aim in life is vague your achievements will also be vague, and it might be well added, very meagre. Know what you want, when you want, why you want it and how you intend to get it. —Napoleon Hill

 

The right time

When in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things — their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not. —Colton