Several years ago, Marlo Thomas compiled over 100 personal stories in a book called The Right Words at the Right Time. People both famous and less well known shared stories about a moment when words changed their lives.
Many of the stories concerned moments when someone was on the verge of giving up, but got back on track because of a few encouraging words. The book is a terrific reminder that our words have more power than we may realize.
It wasn’t until I began my own journey of self-discovery that I found myself startled, encouraged and inspired by the words of others. How did that author know I need to hear those very words? Were there universal truths that could be revisited over and over again and make an impact every time?
I didn’t really care what the explanation was. It was enough to know that despite distances of time and geography, there were others who had thoughts that touched me and, frequently, lighted my path.
Soon I found myself filling notebooks with quotations that were eloquent and enlightening. Hundreds of my favorites are now gathered in a nifty little book called Seminar in a Sentence.
Here’s a tiny sampler of thoughts on what it means to Live Rich:
In this world, it’s not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. ~ Sarah Bernhardt
I knew that to be at home in the world was the way to grow rich. The way I wanted to be rich. ~ Marlena de Blasi
The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable. ~ Michel de Montaigne
Both having money and not having money make fantastic adventures possible that would not otherwise be possible. Same for having, and not having, anything else. ~ Mike Dooley
It is better to live rich than to die rich. ~ Samuel Johnson
Here is what would be pitiful: if your income grew and you didn’t. ~ Jim Rohn
If you’re going to let your fear of poverty govern you life your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Money loses its value the moment you try to hang onto it. Money only has value when you’re willing to let it go. Money has its greatest value when it leaves your hand, because it empowers you to be, do and have something that you choose to be, do and have. ~ Neale Donald Walsch
The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings. ~ David Weinbaum
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