W C Fieldsįinishing this review on the first of january because i've been busy. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. Dale Carnegieĭon't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: Spend less than you earn. You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. AristotleĪ vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. Spend all you have before you die do not outlive yourself. Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out.

If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned to live. The greatest mistake a man can ever make is to be afraid of making one. Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

KennedyĪ life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. When written in Chinese the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters - one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. Benjamin DisraeliĪdversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. Work is good provided you do not forget to live. The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it. I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity. Frank HubbardĬatch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. The safe way to double your money is to fold it in over once and put it in your pocket. I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people. He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit. 'Better bread with water than cake with trouble' Russian Proverbįinished my reading challenge with 2 days left to spare 'An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today' Laurence J. 'It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job it's a depression when you lose your own' Harry S. 'A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain' Mark Twain Funny, wise and stirring - it is a perfect source of strength to get us all through the coming months. The book is packed full of similarly motivational and inspirational quotes, proverbs, mantras and wry truths to help us through the recession, from such wits as Churchill, Disraeli and George Bernard Shaw. Gordon Brown had one up in 10 Downing Street and James May wears a Keep Calm T-shirt on the telly - it is suddenly everywhere. Though it never saw the light of day in 1939 (it was only supposed to go up if Britain was invaded), it has suddenly struck a chord in our current difficult times, now we are in need of a stiff upper lip and optimistic energy once again. Keep Calm and Carry On was a World War 2 government poster discovered in a dusty box nine years ago.

Keep calm and carry on history