These popular quotations are traced to Thomas Jefferson. He became president in the election of 1800, the third president of the US and also a founding father.
Notations by Dr Abe V Rotor
1. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Avoid the “Manana habit.”
2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
Be independent, don’t depend on others unnecessarily.
3. Never spend your money before you have it.
Frugality is a virtue; thrift its twin.
4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap.
Keep your money instead. Avoid impulse buying.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
False pride really hurts most no other than the bearer.
6. We seldom repent having eaten too little.
More people die of excessive eating that leads to illnesses and obesity.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
Whatever you decided and did is all yours to bear its consequences.
8. How much pain the evils have cost us that have never happened.
Anxiety adds unnecessary burden to reality with a heavy price to bear.
9. Take things always by the smooth handle.
“Take it by the horn,” is real test, but not in everything we do.
10. When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
Spur of the moment steals good judgment. Always remember AJA (Analysis, Judgement, Action, in this order.) avr
Author's Note: I grew up with these quotations instilled in me and my siblings by my dad who studied in the United States before WW2 . He graduated in Bachelor in Commercial Science at the De Paul University in Chicago.
1. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Avoid the “Manana habit.”
2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
Be independent, don’t depend on others unnecessarily.
3. Never spend your money before you have it.
Frugality is a virtue; thrift its twin.
4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap.
Keep your money instead. Avoid impulse buying.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
False pride really hurts most no other than the bearer.
6. We seldom repent having eaten too little.
More people die of excessive eating that leads to illnesses and obesity.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
Whatever you decided and did is all yours to bear its consequences.
8. How much pain the evils have cost us that have never happened.
Anxiety adds unnecessary burden to reality with a heavy price to bear.
9. Take things always by the smooth handle.
“Take it by the horn,” is real test, but not in everything we do.
10. When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
Spur of the moment steals good judgment. Always remember AJA (Analysis, Judgement, Action, in this order.) avr
Author's Note: I grew up with these quotations instilled in me and my siblings by my dad who studied in the United States before WW2 . He graduated in Bachelor in Commercial Science at the De Paul University in Chicago.
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