Agona Apell

The true worth of a man is not seen in the value his money gives him but in the value he gives his money by the uses he puts it to

It is not courage that makes us speak the truth, but it is a hunger for truth that makes us courageous

Friends are won through personal contact, but admirers are won through their contact with our works

The quality of a man is to be judged not by what he drives but by what drives him

Faith is not mere belief but is that state you attain when you send your will, words, thoughts, beliefs, and actions into orbit around a chosen goal

The rich don't know when they will die, but the world's poor don't know when they will live

To the aimless man all men are equal, but to him with purpose some men are seed and others weed

Depending on someone to make for you money is quite like depending on them to make for you a baby: they will own the money just as they will own the baby

Asking someone to make for you money is like asking them to make for you a baby: they will own the money just as they will own the baby

There are three houses that the ultimate adult must leave: their parents' house, their employer's house, and their teacher's house. So they must someday found their own home, their own business, and their own school of thought so that they can live under their own roof at home, at work, and in thought.

It is through aversion to hardship that great ideas are born, but it is only through acceptance of it that these ideas can be implemented

You lose nothing if by losing a friend you win countless admirers

The choice is ours to make whether the stars in the night sky shine upon us as headlights of an approaching paradise or as tail-lights of receding fortunes

Success dwells in a neighbourhood that can only be explored through failure, and it is through perfect knowledge of that neighbourhood that we gain perfect knowledge of her address

The fortune that you feel you don't deserve is heaven's compensation for the misfortunes she feels you didn't deserve

The experience of the expert is an advantage to them only for as long as it enables them to learn faster than the novice

To be laughed at draws more profitable attention than being smiled at

Fortune draws her breath through cracks that make coarse the route on which we march to success