The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.
Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.
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Will Rogers
The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. It has been the most dishonourable belief against the character of the divinity, the most...
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Thomas Paine
The single greatest cause of happiness is gratitude.
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AuliqIce
Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.
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AuliqIce
Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.
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AuliqIce
More Quotes By Lincoln Steffens
An educated mind is nothing but the God-given mind of a child after his parents’ and his grandparents’ generation have got through molding it. We can’t help teaching you; you will ask that of us; but we are prone to teach you what we know,...
Morality is moral only when it is voluntary
In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.
Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.
The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.
