A Nations Strength
Not gold, but only men can make,
A people great and strong.
Men who, for truth and honour's sake,
Stand fast and suffer long
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly,
They build a nation's pillars deep,
And lift them to the sky
I'd like to say to those who think money is more important, "Think clearly".
Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor’s sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep
Who dare while others fly—
They build a nation’s pillars deep,
And lift them to the sky. — Ralph Waldo Emmerson
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
—Henry David Thoreau
We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest riches.
— Euripides
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. . . Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” –June 12th 2005, Steve Jobs commencement address at Stanford University
In 2008,