Here's some thoughts for you to ponder ....

"Money is just a form of energy and exchange. Greed is a disease." Elana Greene

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” Bill Gates
 
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” Ralph Nader
 
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill
 
"The wisest men follow their own direction." Euripides

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you." Oprah Winfrey

"It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach."  ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in."  Amy Lowell

"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new." Henry David Thoreau

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." The Dalai Lama

"It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener." Ayn Rand 

"The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf." Shakti Gawain

"It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability." Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." Albert Einstein

"There is no great genius without some touch of madness." Seneca

"There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves. How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!" Ann Radcliffe

"Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins." Native American Proverb

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." Eleanor Roosevelt 

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." Helen Keller 

"It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever." Philip Adams

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer

"Life is a long lesson in humility." James M. Barrie