Inspirational Quotations

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
—Patricia Neal (American Actress)

Most of us are honest all the time, and all of us are honest most of the time.
—Charles Mathias (American Politician)

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement—no matter how temporary.
—Craig Thompson (American Artist)

There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. … When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.
—Khaled Hosseini (Afghan-American Author)

In our dreams we are always young.
—Sarah Louise Delany (American Educator, Author)

The people that set one animal against another haven’t the guts to be bullies themselves. They’re just secondhand cowards.
—Cleveland Amory (American Animal Rights Activist)

Failure is often God’s own tool for carving some of the finest outlines in the character of his children; and, even in this life, bitter and crushing failures have often in them the germs of new and quite unimagined happiness.
—Thomas Hodgkin (English Physician)

Whoever says he knows that immortality is a fact is merely hoping that it is.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren (American Critic, Historian)

I don’t know any more than you what the future will hold. But my point of view is different. You see despair and I see cause for hope. I read the future in a way that is more agreeable than you do.
—Alain-Rene Lesage (French Novelist, Dramatist)

A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril to liberty, our high duty is to see that this storehouse is not robbed of its contents.
—Herbert Hoover (American Statesman)

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.
—Ted Kennedy (American Politician)

If a door slams shut it means that God is pointing to an open door further on down.
—Anna Delaney Peale (American Author)

Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.
—Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Playwright)

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
—Socrates (Ancient Greek Philosopher)

Mental health, contemporary psychiatrists tell us, consists of the ability to adapt to the inevitable stresses and misfortunes of life. It does not mean freedom from anxiety and depression, but only the ability to cope with these afflictions in a healthy way.
—Doris Kearns Goodwin (American Historian)

We can easily manage, if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed for it.—But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow to the weight before we are required to bear it.
—John Newton (English Clergyman, Writer)

They made the fatal decision: they’d chosen always the clear, safe course that leads ever downward into stagnation.
—Frank Herbert (American Science-fiction Writer)

And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After death has stopped the ears.
—A. E. Housman (English Scholar, Poet)

A scientist would rather use someone else’s toothbrush than another scientist’s definitions.
—Murray Gell-Mann (American Physicist)

Man is born good by nature, only to later become a beast because of the Society.
—Luciano De Crescenzo (Italian Film Actor, Director, Engineer)

Joy is being willing for things to be as they are.
—Joko Beck (American Zen Teacher)

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.
—Paul Hawken (American Environmentalist)

The more internal freedom you achieve, the more you want: it is more fun to be happy than sad, more enjoyable to choose your own emotions than to have them inflicted on you by mechanical glandular processes, more pleasurable to solve your problems than to be stuck with them forever.
—Robert Anton Wilson (American Polymath)

In the democratic western countries, so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of “freedom,” like a bastard brother of reform.
—Wyndham Lewis (British Artist, Writer)

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
—Alice Stone Blackwell (American Suffragist)

Every poet depends upon generations who wrote in his native tongue; he inherits styles and forms elaborated by those who lived before him. At the same time, though, he feels that those old means of expression are not adequate to his own experience.
—Czeslaw Milosz (Polish-American Poet, Novelist)

Power isn’t doing something terrible to someone who’s weaker than you, … It’s having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.
—Jodi Picoult (American Novelist)

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.
—Harvey Samuel Firestone (American Industrialist)

All the wars of the world, all the Caesars, have not the staying power of a lily in a cottage garden.
—Reginald Farrer (English Botanist)

The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.
—Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (German Philosopher)

For out of the eyes of every stranger looks either a friend or an enemy, waiting to be known.
—Owen Wister (American Novelist)

The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one.
—Italian Proverb

Good is the enemy of great. That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.
—Jim Collins (American Management Consultant)

It is the things we are unaware of in ourselves which make us so very angry when we see them in other people.
—Irene Claremont de Castillejo (British Psychoanalyst)

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
—Lloyd Alexander (American Writer)

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts, he does not hide; he exposes himself.
—Jeanne Moreau (French Actress)

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
—Bertrand A. Russell (British Philosopher, Mathematician)

Our conscience, which is a great ledger book, wherein are written all our offenses…grinds our souls with the remembrance of some precedent sins, makes us reflect upon, accuse and condemn ourselves.
—Robert Burton (English Scholar, Clergyman)

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
—Jane Addams (American Social Reformer)

Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.
—Walter Raleigh (English Explorer, Courtier)

Nature is the art of God.
—Thomas Browne (English Author, Physician)

I think in our own heads we’re never all that confident. I’m not.
—Tom Wilson (American Cartoonist)

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of change, windows on the world, lighthouses erected in the sea of time.
—Edwin Percy Whipple (American Literary Critic)

The past is always tense, the future perfect.
—Zadie Smith (English Novelist, Essayist)

One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener’s own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the human race.
—Wendell Berry (American Author, Environmentalist)

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable…the art of the next best.
—Otto von Bismarck (Prusso-German Statesman)

If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time.
—Octavio Paz (Mexican Poet, Diplomat)

I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.
—Philip Pullman (English Children’s Author, Dramatist)

The big problem is not the haves and the have-nots—it’s the give-nots.
—Arnold Glasow (American Businessman)

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
—Henry Miller (American Novelist)

Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them.
—Napoleon Hill (American Author)

The myths have always condemned those who “looked back.” Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
—Dag Hammarskjold (Swedish Statesman)

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.
—Werner Herzog (German Film Director)

Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas.
—Bhagat Singh (Indian Revolutionary)

Everything in life is speaking, is audible, is communicating, in spite of its apparent silence.
—Pir Hazrat Vilayat Khan (Indian Sufi Mystic)

Over a period of time it’s been driven home to me that I’m not going to be the most popular writer in the world, so I’m always happy when anything in any way is accepted.
—Stephen Sondheim (American Musician)

The great man is he who does not lose his child’s-heart.
—Mencius (Chinese Philosopher, Sage)

Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man.
—Albert Einstein (German-born Theoretical Physicist)

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That’s not a smile.
—Jack Kevorkian (American Pathologist)

Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (American Poet, Journalist)

Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.
—Catherine Ponder (American Clergywoman)

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.
—Italo Calvino (Italian Novelist, Writer)

Do not give up devotional service even if there are innumerable dangers, countless insults and endless harassment. Do not become disheartened that most people in this world do not accept the message of unalloyed devotional service. Never give up your devotional service.
—Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura (Indian Hindu Religious Leader)

He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the wind. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current. Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on towards ultimate success.
—Albert Pike (American Masonic Scholar)

You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.
—Israel Zangwill (English Writer, Political Activist)

If you make happiness your goal, then you’re not going to get to it. Philosophers have been saying it for thousands of years. The goal should be an interesting life.
—Dorothy Rowe (Australian Psychologist)

Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.
—Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian Ethnologist)

Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.
—Pierre Corneille (French Playwright)

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind’s eye only, fade out in sand.
—Nadine Gordimer (South African Novelist)

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
—Theodore H. White (American Journalist)

The chiefest action for a man of spirit is never to be out of action; the soul was never put into the body to stand still.
—John Webster (English Dramatist)

Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest.
—Antoine Arnauld (French Theologian)

Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.
—Rosa Luxemburg (German Socialist, Revolutionary)

The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary.
—Wilhelm Reich (Austrian Psychoanalyst)

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
—Ansel Adams (American Photographer)

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.
—George Lucas (American Filmmaker)

Every great scientific truth goes through three stages.—First, people say it conflicts with the Bible.—Next they say it had been discovered before. Lastly, they say they always believed it.
—Louis Agassiz (Swiss-American Scientist)

Spiritual awakening does not depend initially on who we are or what we do; rather it is becoming attuned to the working of great compassion at the heart of existence.
—Taitetsu Unno (American Buddhist Scholar)

A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
—Barbara Cartland (English Romantic Novelist)

Fools follow after vanity, men of evil wisdom. The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel.
—The Dhammapada (Buddhist Anthology of Verses)

There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.
—Andre Breton (French Poet, Critic)

A childhood is what anyone wants to remember of it. It leaves behind no fossils, except perhaps in fiction.
—Carol Shields (Canadian Author, Academic)

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Having enough money to get by is fundamental to living a comfortable and independent life. While enough may be a relative term, maximizing whatever much or little you make sometimes boils down to how effectively you organize your finances.

A lack of financial organization can do as much harm to your finances as being short of cash. Unfortunately, many people leave their finances disorganized, blaming it on tight schedules. But it doesn’t have to be complicated.

If you are ready to start organizing your personal finances, these simple ideas will help you make the most headway toward your money goals.

Keep all your financial documents in a safe place and replace them if need be

One of the most crucial aspects of organizing your finances is keeping all your financial records safe. Your personal financial documents will come in handy when filing your tax returns.

One of the most critical documents necessary when filing your tax returns are your paystub. You must hold on to your pay stubs until you reconcile the pay stubs’ figures with the W-2 form issued annually.

If you have lost your paystubs, using an online check stub maker can help you generate duplicates without contacting your employer.

Keep your bills in one place

Most bills arrive electronically. However, some such as homeowners’ insurance bills, property tax, and other bills paid annually or quarterly generally arrive by mail. Therefore, it is essential to ensure that you have a common storage place for all the bills that come by mail.

A cabinet near your desk where you usually write your checks or pay bills would be ideal for keeping them. Alternatively, you may want to scan them as they arrive and store them in digital storage to ensure they are safe.

Having your bills in one place ensures that none escapes your attention and that you pay them on time to avoid delays and bills pile up.

Track your spending

It is vital to keep track of your spending. Surprisingly, many people do not know how much they spend in a month, resulting in overspending or falling behind on their saving targets. To establish your spending habits, you may want to look at the bank statements from the past couple of months.

The numbers on your statement should give you an idea of your spending, including what you need to cut back or improve on. You may be surprised that a lot of your spending could be going towards accidentals like vending machine snacks or coffee.

Create a budget

There is no talking about financial organization without mentioning budgeting. Once you identify poor spending habits through tracking, create a budget that reflects how you intend to spend your money differently.

To create a budget, start by listing your total income followed by your monthly bills in their order of priority. Make sure you adjust your expenses to fit your income while considering savings. As much as possible, ensure that you stick to the budget.

Take advantage of technology

Managing finances like everything else has been made easier by technology. There are many apps on the internet that are designed to help users manage their finances. These apps are designed for smartphone and desktop users and can help create budgets, payment reminders and store critical financial records.

Do your research to find the apps that best suit your needs. It would also help to read the reviews of an app before using it to ensure that the safety of your information will be upheld while using the applications.

Throughout the millennia, workers in jobs that involve many repetitive tasks have heard, at some point in their life, that their job could be given to a monkey; that era is soon upon us, and the monkey is artificial intelligence.

We are witnessing an explosion in the capability of AI freeing humans from mundane and repetitive tasks in virtually every sector.

Even though AI allows industrialists to enhance organizational productivity, agility, and experiences, many creative minds are worried that artificial intelligence could take their jobs.

We’ll set the records straight in this article, but let’s first understand what AI means.

What is artificial intelligence?

In science fiction, artificial intelligence is portrayed as robots with characteristics similar to that of humans. While this is true, AI refers to a field of science that aims to get computers to do tasks that would typically require human intelligence to execute.

In other words, AI can be applied in virtually every sector, encompassing many things such as self-driving cars, SIRI, autonomous weapons, IBM’s Watson, and Google’s search algorithms.

Common industries affected by AI.

Payroll / HR /accounting

AI is already taking over the Payroll / HR /accounting sector. We are seeing AI solutions being used to automate processes by merging many payroll and HR functions.

A typical example is using payroll software alongside a check stub maker to help employees get pay stubs showing all the calculations applied to their paycheck at the end of a pay period.

Banking

In the banking sector, AI robots are being used to audit financial transactions. This has helped prevent fraudulent activities and promote savings in terms of cost and time.

Food industry

AI robots are now changing the future of the food industry. In different parts of the world, we have read news about robots being used to implement social distancing and serve food or drinks in restaurants.

Construction

The construction industry is slowly but surely adopting AI technology to improve site security and facilitate the management of multi-year projects. For instance, robots are being used to help with tasks such as installing drywall, pouring concrete, or bricklaying. Drones have also become commonplace for surveying and taking overhead images of construction sites.

Retail sector

Forward-thinking retailers are now using AI to open outlets with no cashiers. Amazon, for instance, has already opened the first AI-enabled supermarket in the world, Amazon Go, that operates with no cashiers. While this technology is not widespread in the US, we expect other retailers to adopt this model to cut labor costs.

Automotive

Currently, artificial intelligence is being used in various stages of automotive manufacturing, such as design, production, post-production, and supply chain. Additionally, top-notch companies like Tesla are already manufacturing self-driving cars that use AI, and we expect other organizations in the automotive industry to join the bandwagon.

Why AI won’t eliminate human jobs

Unlike what is portrayed in popular science fiction, artificial intelligence technology today is still far from human-like intelligence.

The current AI is only good at performing narrow tasks in the context of a very particular data system, such as driving a car, performing internet searches, or facial recognition. However, human contextual awareness, insight, and creativity are necessary to ensure the effectiveness of a specific AI technology.

That means humans will continue to offer more value than what machines offer.

Rather than take our jobs, AI will create more potential employment opportunities as the technology develops even further. More people will be required to create all the possible types of algorithms and AI robots. Moreover, creative minds will have more opportunities to try new jobs that are currently non-existent.

We’ve probably all heard it before that whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. This is quite possibly why people often advise you to adjust your mindset accordingly and prepare yourself mentally before any significant undertaking. A mindset shift does not happen overnight, particularly if you are preparing for something that is long-term and entails developing a new habit or practice.

Mindset Shift

When it comes to managing your finances and gaining better control of that aspect of your life, you’ll require small daily habits and changes that make their impact over time. In fact, psychologists have confirmed that the brain is designed to develop and learn new things and habits. Although some things may come easy and more naturally, others require a bit more practice and intention. For some people, budgeting and financial management are second nature, but that’s not the case for others.

Steps to Take Towards Managing Your Finances Better

Taking control of your finances is an ongoing activity; therefore, it requires constant monitoring and tracking of progress. The next best thing is to thoroughly assess your personal finances for those who are not getting ongoing assistance from a financial advisor because of their costs and track record of relatively poor performance. You can then start implementing action that will ensure that you attain financial stability and possibly financial freedom. All the steps listed below require mental readiness and a high level of discipline.

Do Away with Debt

Over time, some people may incur unnecessary and unwanted debt without even realizing it. This can be anything from clothing accounts to cell phone accounts, which ultimately eats away at any earnings that you may have before you even receive the funds. Getting out of debt requires mental strength coupled with action. Depending on how deep in debt you are, you could dedicate a certain number of months to settle all your credit. That means that for those months, you may pursue one-off jobs, cut down on eating out, and assign all those funds to your debt instead.

Budget Effectively

Once you have settled your debt, any money that comes in is now truly yours. At this point, you can start to better allocate your funds as necessary. While some people do a financial budget, not everybody budgets effectively. Budgeting effectively entails stipulating exactly how much you will allocate to each aspect of your life and be honest about it. It is futile to prepare a budget that you cannot stick to just because it looks good on paper; it needs to be realistic.

Consider Multiple Streams of Income

One way to stay afloat and ensure that you have disposable income to save each month is to secure multiple streams of income. This also provides cushioning and comfort should you lose your primary source of income or require additional funds for unexpected life challenges. Moreover, the additional earned income can be allocated solely to your savings.

Explore Investment Options

If you have money to save, it is even better to explore well-researched investments and forex trading options with your disposable income. Given the risk that comes with investing, you should not invest all your excess funds in the hopes of obtaining higher rewards. Invest only what you can afford to lose. Other than forex, you can look into several other less-risky investment alternatives, such as index mutual funds.

Conclusion

Everything you do starts with the mind; it is, therefore, crucial to adopt the right mindset to carry you through when looking to take control of your finances.