An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice.
He ordered his servants to bring in a faggot of sticks, and said to his eldest son:
“Break it.” The son strained and strained, but with all his efforts was unable to break the Bundle.
The other sons also tried, but none of them was successful. “Untie the faggots,” said the father, “and each of you take a...
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Pat Sutton on Oct 27th, 2009 in
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One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs. As...
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Pat Sutton on Oct 25th, 2009 in
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The single attribute that every successful person has is devotion to attaining a goal.
“There in the sunshine are my highest aspirations,” wrote Louisa May Alcott, “I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
What are your desires? How can you form them into definite goals that you can attain?
Lawrence Peter wrote, “If you don’t know where you’re going,...