He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all the money he can honestly, for money can do so many worthwhile things in this world, not merely for one's self but for others. But he is an unmitigated fool who imagines for a moment that it is more important to make the money than to make it honestly. One of the advantages of possessing money is that it facilitates one's independence and mental attitude. The man head over heels in debt is more slave than independent.
Interpretation
The pursuit of wealth should be honest and aimed at benefiting oneself and others, rather than being solely about the accumulation of money.
B. C. Forbes highlights the importance of integrity in the pursuit of wealth. He suggests that while the acquisition of money can have positive impacts and foster independence, it is crucial to prioritize earning that money honestly. Those who prioritize profit over ethics risk becoming enslaved by their debt and moral compromises, detracting from true independence and fulfillment in life.
In practice
In a financial seminar discussing ethical business practices.
How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter than a self-finisher. The victor in the race is not the one who dashes off swiftest but the one who leads at the finish. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter in life's race. In America we breed many hares but not so many tortoises.
I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so exclusively engrossed in their day to day affairs that they had no time for friend making.
Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one's own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
Every reader should ask himself periodically βToward what end, toward what end?ββbut do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
We have nothing to lose by trusting the infinite power of the Self, except the bondage of our own ignorance.
Lucy went first, biting her lip and trying not to say all the things she thought of saying to Susan. But she forgot them when she fixed her eyes on Aslan.
His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.
I bring truth to tha youth tear tha roof off tha ol' school.
The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.
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