“But too often does youth think that age knows only the wisdom of days that are gone, and therefore profits not. But remember this; the sun that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, and will still be shining when thy last grandchild shall pass into the darkness.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon: With Study Guide
― The Richest Man in Babylon: With Study Guide
“Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my own fears. The spirits of the dead have nothing on it. The dead one tried to show me hell, but it was a pale imitation of the horror I can paint on the darkness in a quiet moment.”
― Prince of Thorns
― Prince of Thorns
“Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.”
― Prince of Thorns
― Prince of Thorns
“Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
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