Let it never be forgotten that glamour is not greatness,
Applause is not fame,
Prominence is not eminence,
The man of the hour is not apt to be the man of the ages.
A stone may sparkle, but that does not make it a diamond.
A man may have money but that does not make him a success.
It is what the unimportant do that really counts, and determines the course of history.
The greatest forces in the universe are never spectacular.
Summer showers are more effective than hurricanes but they get no publicity.
The world would soon die but for the fidelity, loyalty and concentration of those whose names are unhonored and unsung.

Dr. Joseph R. Sisso gave the above rendition

Zig Ziglar continues this principle by saying…

These are the great people.
For we confuse fame w/ success.
Madonna and Marilyn Manson have fame.
Mother Theresa and Billy Graham have success.
They have everything that money can’t buy.

Matthew 6:19-21

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do NOT destroy,
and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is… there your heart will be also.

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
~Henrick Ibsen

You are, at this moment, standing right in the middle of your own “acres of diamonds.”

~ Earl Nightingale

Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’

Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

~ Napoleon Hill
1883-1970

All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

~ Napoleon Hill

“Rich is a feeling of living peacefully with money.
Rich is realizing that “having a lifestyle” is more
than how much money you make.
Being Rich means meeting needs, satisfying values, and realizing dreams with or without spending money.
Rich is living your values no matter what others might be doing, saying or spending.
Rich is passing your values on to your children and
your children’s children…”

~ Cindy Morus

Are you ready to be rich?

Money never starts an idea; it’s the idea that starts the money.

~ W.J. Cameron