Ronald Reagan was 69 years old when he ran for U.S. President in 1980. Despite continual criticism, he won the election and never passed up an opportunity to use humor when referring to his age. Perhaps the most memorable time was when he was running for re-election four years later. During a televised debate between
I’ve learned over the years not to try and keep up with others; someone will always have more. To drive this point home, I always ask: Do you know what happens when you catch up with the Joneses? They refinance. Competition is the breakfast of champions, not cereal. Whether you like competition or not, it
Our lives basically change in three ways; through the people we meet, the places we travel and the books we read. I made that statement many years ago, and I still believe it today. Television, computers, the Internet and even radio were supposed to be the replacement for conventional books when each first became popular.
A political candidate’s wife dropped heavily into an easy chair at home, kicked off her shoes and sighed, “Boy, what a day. I’ve never been so tired in my life.” “Why should you be tired? growled her husband. “Think of me making seven speeches to voters. You didn’t have to do that.” “That’s right,” agreed
The famous British author Somerset Maugham liked to tell this story about a young priest of St. Peter’s Church in London, who after discovering that the church’s janitor was illiterate, fired him. Jobless, the man invested his meager savings in a tiny tobacco shop where he immediately prospered. He then bought another shop, then another,
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