5 long funny stories with morals to tell your friends

11/22/2025 by
5 LONG FUNNY STORIES WITH MORALS

Here are five long funny stories with morals to tell your friends. They all made me smile, and I hope they brighten your day, too.

So, take a few moments to enjoy them all.

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LONG FUNNY STORIES WITH MORALS
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Long funny stories with morals:

1. The nuns’ dilemma:

There were these two very clever, Catholic nuns. They were so clever that one was known only as Sister Mathematical, whilst the other went only by the name of Sister Logical.

One afternoon, they were returning to the Convent of St Mary, but they were still a long way off when it was beginning to get dark.

“Have you noticed that a man has been following us for the past thirty-eight and a half minutes?” said Sister Mathematical. “I wonder what he wants?”

“There’s a logical explanation,” said Sister Logical, “He wants to have his wicked way with us.”

“Oh Lord, no!” Sister Mathematical responded. “At the rate at which he’s walking, he will catch up with us in 13.8 minutes. What can we do?”

“The logical thing would be to walk faster.” Sister Logical replied.

So they carried on at a brisk pace, trying not to look back.

A few minutes went by, and Sister Mathematical observed, “We’ve doubled our pace, but this plan isn’t working.”

“Naturally, it’s not working,” said Sister Logical, “The man responded logically by quickening his pace too. He’s now gaining on us.”

“What can we do?” asked Sister Mathematical. “At this rate, he’ll reach us in less than one minute.”

“The logical thing to do now is to split”, replied Sister Logical. “If we go off in different directions, he can’t follow both of us.”

So off they went in different directions and, as luck would have it, the man followed Sister Logical.

Eventually, Sister Mathematical arrived back at the convent, but she was worried about what might have happened to her friend.

Within a few minutes, Sister Logical suddenly appeared, back at the convent.

“Oh, Sister Logical”, Sister Mathematical exclaimed. “Thank the Lord, you’re back safely. Tell me what happened.”

“Well, logically, the man could only follow one of us”, said Sister Logical, “and he chose to follow me.”

“Yes, yes!” said Sister Mathematical, “But what happened then?”

“Well, I took the logical course of action”, said Sister Logical, “and I ran as fast as I could and even faster than we had been running together.”

“So then what happened?” Sister Mathematical replied.

“He responded logically, and he ran even faster, too,” said Sister Logical. “And within a minute, he’d caught up with me.”

“Oh, dear Lord!” said Sister Mathematical. “What did you do then?”

“I did the only logical thing I could do”, Sister Logical replied, “I lifted the skirt of my habit to my waist.”

“Oh, dear Lord!” said Sister Mathematical. “And what did he do then?”

“The logical thing for him”, Sister Logical replied. “He pulled his trousers down to his ankles.”

“Oh, dear Lord!” said Sister Mathematical. “And what happened next?”

“Isn’t that logical, Sister?” Sister Logical responded. “A nun with her habit up can run a lot faster than a man with his trousers down.”

Moral of the Story: Readers eagerly anticipating a story of a more adult nature, go and say three Hail Marys!

2. Community service:

One day, a florist went to a barber for a haircut.

The barber did an excellent job and, being very pleased with the result, the florist asked for the bill.

“There’s no charge today, sir”, said the barber. “I can’t accept money from you because I’m doing community service this week.”

The florist appreciated this generous gesture, so he thanked the barber and left the shop.

However, when the barber arrived to open his shop the next morning, a dozen roses were waiting for him on his doorstep with a Thank You card from the florist.

Not long after the shop opened, a cop came in for a haircut.

Once again, the barber does an excellent job, but when the cop tries to settle the bill, he gets the same response.

“There’s no charge today, sir”, said the barber. “I can’t accept money from you because I’m doing community service this week.”

The cop said he appreciated the gesture and thanked the barber. He then left the shop.

However, when the barber arrived to open his shop the next morning, there was a box of a dozen donuts waiting for him on his doorstep with a Thank You card from the cop.

Later that day, a congressman walked in for a haircut.

Once again, the barber excelled himself, producing the perfect haircut, but when the congressman tried to settle the bill, he got the same response too.

“There’s no charge today, sir”, said the barber. “I can’t accept money from you because I’m doing community service this week.”

So the congressman thanked the barber and happily left the shop.

The next morning, when the barber went to open his shop, there were a dozen congressmen lined up in the street waiting for a free haircut.

Moral of the Story: Politicians are driven only by self-interest and what’s in it for them.

3. Sunday Service:

It’s Sunday morning, and the Pastor at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Carmel, California, is delivering his sermon.

Midway through the sermon, the Pastor asks three men in the front row, “Gentlemen, what would you want your loved ones to say as they’re looking down at you in your coffin?”

Phil responds first and says, “That I was a good husband and father.”

Then Jim says, “That I lived an honest life and was kind to others.”

Finally, Dan couldn’t help himself, and he quips, “Look! He’s moving!“

Moral of the Story: Never, ever take life too seriously.

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4. The crocodile farm:

There was a group of tourists visiting a crocodile farm in the Florida Keys, and they were standing on a floating structure in the middle of an enormous lake, surrounded by crocodiles.

Suddenly, the farm’s owner shouts, “The first person to jump into the lake and successfully swim to shore will receive 10 million dollars.”

The silence was deafening. People were looking at each other with expressions of absolute horror on their faces.

Then suddenly, a man jumps into the water and starts swimming like his life depended on it.

As the other visitors watched events unfold, the man headed for the shore, with a dozen crocodiles chasing in hot pursuit, all anticipating an unexpected meal.

The crocodiles were fast, but the man swam like greased lightning, and he managed to reach the shore unharmed.

As the man staggered up the beach, the owner announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!”

After receiving the reward, the man and his wife returned to their hotel.

The man’s face was still ashen as he said to his wife, “I didn’t jump. Someone pushed me.“

His wife smiled and, with a wink of her eye, said, “I know, dear, it was me!“

Moral of the Story: Behind every successful man, there’s always a woman to give him a little push.

5. The old lady at the bank:

An old lady walked up to the counter in her bank, handed her bank card to the teller and then said, “Mam, I would like to withdraw $10.”

Giving the old lady a look bordering on contempt, the teller replied, “For withdrawals of less than $100, you must use the ATM, mam.”

Looking a little crestfallen, the old lady asked why she couldn’t withdraw her money from the counter.

“These are the rules, mam,” said the teller irritably, as she returned the bank card to the old lady. “Now move along, please, because there’s a line of customers behind you.”

The old lady remained silent for a few seconds as she gathered her thoughts.

She then handed the card back to the teller and said, “Then please, can you help me withdraw all the money I have in my account?”

The teller took the old lady’s card and tapped her details into the computer. She was astonished to see just how much the old lady had in her account.

“Mam, you have over $300,000 in your account,” said the teller, “the bank doesn’t have that much cash available today. You’ll need to make an appointment and come back tomorrow?”

The old lady smiled and asked, “How much can I withdraw now?”

“Well, mam, you can withdraw up to $3,000”, the teller responded.

“In that case, let me have $3,000 now, in $10 bills, please“, said the old lady.

So, the teller laboriously counted out the $3,000 in $10 bills, then counted again, and finally, she handed the cash to the old lady.

As the old lady took $10 from the top of the pile and put it in her purse, the teller then said, “Would there be anything else I can help you with today, mam?”

“Yes!” said the old lady with a smile, “I’d like to deposit $2990 into my account, please.”

Moral of the Story: Don’t mess with old people; they’ve spent a lifetime mastering skills younger people couldn’t even begin to appreciate.

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21 quotes about music to inspire you today

11/16/2025 by

Today I am exploring quotes about music.

Like every art form, music plays upon emotions.

One moment you can feel down, and then the sound of just one song can cheer you up immediately. One minute you’re sad and then the next your feet are tapping and you’re singing along.

Music brings joy to our lives.

Whatever our taste in music, whatever musical era we consider to be our own when we hear those songs they transport us back to a time and a place.

Suddenly we are filled with fond memories of happy times with family and friends.

So, let’s hear it for music, get down on our knees, and thank God for musicians and songwriters. For the rest of us, their dedication to their craft is the gift that keeps on giving—pleasure beyond measure.

I love music, and I thank the musicians and songwriters everywhere. Here are 21 inspirational quotes about music to reinforce today’s message.

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Quotes about music (1-10):

  1. Music is the soundtrack of your life. ~Dick Clark
  2. Music is the strongest form of magic. ~Marilyn Manson
  3. When words leave off, music begins. ~Heinrich Heine
  4. Music is the shorthand of emotion. ~Leo Tolstoy
  5. Where words fail, music speaks. ~Hans Christian Andersen
  6. I don’t make music for eyes. I make music for ears. ~Adele
  7. If music be the food of love, play on. ~William Shakespeare
  8. Without music, life would be a mistake. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
  9. Music can change the world because it can change people. ~Bono
  10. One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. ~Bob Marley

Quotes about music (11-16):

  1. After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~Aldous Huxley
  2. Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ~Victor Hugo
  3. Music should strike fire from the heart of man and bring tears from the eyes of women. ~Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ~Maya Angelou
  5. Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. ~Jimi Hendrix
  6. Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. ~Plato
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Quotes about music (17-21):

  1. Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. ~Martin Luther
  2. I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music. ~Billy Joel
  3. I think it’s so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn’t exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something that no one’s ever heard before. You have music at your fingertips. ~Michelle Branch
  4. I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me – like food or water. ~Ray Charles
  5. Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favourite band. You wore their shirt and sang every word. You didn’t know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. ~Gerard Way

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How to sell anything to anybody and make money

11/15/2025 by

Selling is a subject that often gets a bad name. Some people even look down on those who make their living by selling.

However, we’re all trying to sell something all the time. Even if it’s just the skills we have or a service we can provide. Let’s face it, if we’re to make a living, we must sell something. If you think about it, I’m sure you’ll agree, dear reader.

Learning the art of successful selling is very important. Everyone should hone their selling skills, even if it’s just to sell themselves effectively.

Selling is a process, and by learning a few simple techniques, you can improve your ability to sell.

So what are these techniques?

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How to sell anything to anybody

1. Know your product:

Ultimately, it’s all about the product.

If you want to sell anything successfully, you must know your product. You must believe in the product too.

That product has to be something that you would buy yourself.

You need to know the product in detail. You need to know the features and benefits. You must be able to explain the advantages and the disadvantages.

Then you need to know all about your competitors’ products that your customers could buy as an alternative to your own.

This is important if you are to position your product against that of the competition and counter any reasons given by your customers as to why they might be reluctant to buy from you.

You need to be able to talk about your product favourably, relative to any other options that may be available to your customer.

2. Know the problem your product solves:

Ultimately, every product must solve a problem for the customer. A product must make the customer’s life easier in some way.

If a product doesn’t solve a problem for the target customer, why would they buy it? Why would any customer part with their money unless the product made their life easier?

So it’s simple. You must have a good understanding of the problem or problems for which your product can be an excellent solution.

And you must be able to explain this in simple, straightforward language.

3. Capture buying intent:

Cold-calling is the most inefficient and soul-destroying sales approach there could possibly be. Phoning or door-stepping people and saying, “Want to buy this?” will have a low success rate.

The key to successful selling is capturing warm sales leads. In other words, you must capture buying intent.

If a customer walks into a shirt shop, then you know they’re looking for a shirt, and therefore you have a very good chance of selling them one.

So find ways to engage people who are actively looking for something like the product you are selling.

To do this, you’ll need to ensure that your customers and potential customers have visibility of your product.

You must raise awareness of the product, as well as the features and benefits and the value it offers. You must create desirability too.

4. Know the customer’s needs:

Your product should have a target customer. You must know the sort of person for whom the product offers an ideal solution.

In other words, you must know who the product is aimed at and what their needs are likely to be.

To understand the customer’s needs, you may need to ask some questions first.

For instance, using the shirt-selling example again, a customer may be looking for something to wear for a formal occasion, or perhaps they’re looking for something more casual. You want to ensure that the shirt you sell them is right for their needs.

So you must identify the ways in which your product will satisfy the customer’s needs because, if you make a sale, you want the customer to feel they’ve got exactly what they wanted.

You want to ensure that they get a good buying experience. You certainly don’t want them to feel like they’ve been cheated in some way.

5. Build trust with the customer:

Trust matters, particularly when selling big-ticket items.

Customers need to feel that they can trust you to deliver a quality product and provide excellent after-sales service.

Far too often, people pay good money only to be let down. So naturally, they’re wary of salespeople, particularly when high-value products and services are involved.

Take the time to build trust with customers and reassure them that they will get what they’re paying for, and, should there be any problems at all, you will be there to ensure any such problems are resolved quickly and efficiently and at no cost to the customer.

Building trust with customers will pay dividends.

6. Sell the benefits:

You don’t sell the product to the customer; you sell the benefits and the problems that it solves.

In what ways will your product improve the customer’s life?

In what ways will your product potentially be an answer to the customer’s prayers?

In what ways does your product offer excellent value for money?

You don’t have to be the cheapest on the market, but you must convince a customer that it makes sense to buy your product rather than simply going for the cheapest product on the market.

Customers won’t part with their money unless they believe your product will add value to them somehow.

7. Know why your product is their best option:

Now, dear reader, if you’re in business, I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that it’s a highly competitive world out there.

Put simply, today’s customers have plenty of options.

You must be able to convince a customer as to why your product is their best option.

If you’ve got a good story to tell about your product, you can stimulate the customer’s interest.

And once you’ve got the customer interested, you can gently apply pressure to close the sale.

And don’t be shy when it comes to applying pressure gradually.

Business is business, and if you don’t close the sale, you can be sure that someone else will.

There’s an art to knowing how much pressure to apply, of course.

You shouldn’t push too hard because that can result in a negative reaction from the customer.

It can also leave customers feeling like they’ve been sold something they didn’t need.

If that happens, you’ve made a sale but lost a customer. That’s counter-productive.

The last thing you want is an unhappy customer because they’re likely to tell a lot of people about a bad experience.

Bad publicity and customers badmouthing you can hurt your business if you’re not careful. I’m sure you know that, but it’s worth repeating.

Conclusion:

No business or individual can succeed without making sales.

If it’s your job to sell, then you’ve got to sell. And if you don’t sell, you’ve failed. Simple!

If you don’t make sales and meet your targets, then the result is likely to be that you’ll lose your job very quickly.

Business can be an unforgiving environment, as I’m sure you’re only too well aware, dear reader.

No company can afford the luxury of having people on the payroll who don’t deliver the results for which they are paid.

And let’s face it, we’re all paid to deliver results.

In order to sell, the question to which you must have the perfect answer is:

“Why should the customer buy my product?“

If you’ve got a good answer and you’ve targeted the right customer with buying intent, then you’ve got a good chance of making a sale.

You also want to be confident that you can leave the customer feeling that in exchange for the money they’ve spent, they’ve received good value and a good buying experience.

So learn the art of successful selling. It will pay you a handsome dividend.

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25 thought-provoking quotes about not giving up

11/14/2025 by

Today I’ve curated a series of quotes about not giving up. Readers will know that life’s not easy and the world around us can be a tough place. However, nothing worth having will ever come easy to you. So if you want it badly enough, you must keep going.

For anything worth having, there’s always a price to be paid and that price must always be paid first.

You’ll get nothing unless you’ve earned the right to it.

The price you pay is not necessarily in money. The price you’ll pay will be in blood, sweat and tears.

Success can be yours but you’ve got to keep going and you must persevere until you get to where you want to be. Don’t allow the negativity of others to shake your belief in what’s possible. If you believe it’s possible, then keep going until you get to where you want to be.

Here are 25 thought-provoking quotes about not giving up that will encourage you to keep going.

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Quotes about not giving up (1-12):

  1. Never, never, never give up. ~Winston Churchill
  2. Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up. ~Nicki Minaj
  3. Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it! ~Richard E Grant
  4. Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don’t give up. ~Rachel Corrie
  5. Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away. ~Arthur Golden
  6. Never give up on your dreams, no matter how painful and difficult your journey is. ~Lisa
  7. Survival can be summed up in three words, never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying. ~Bear Grylls
  8. Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. ~Jack Ma
  9. My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be. ~Susana Martinez
  10. There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting. ~Hope Hicks
  11. I never give up when I encounter obstacles in my way. I just continue going until I reach my career objectives. ~Henrikh Mkhitaryan
  12. I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice. I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off. ~Shakira
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Quotes about not giving up (13-19):

  1. My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories. ~Bjorn Borg
  2. Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learning. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not clichés but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path. ~Phillip Sweet
  3. Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts. ~H Jackson Brown, Jr
  4. I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 per cent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude. ~Yani Tseng
  5. Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. ~Ella Fitzgerald
  6. When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
  7. Don’t quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can’t see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It’s the one that makes the sweetest sound. ~Simon Sinek

Quotes about not giving up (20-25):

  1. The one thing you’ve gotta do is that you need to always do the best you can do, no matter what the given situation, no matter what comes up against you. You do the best you can do, and you never give up. Never quit. ~James Corden
  2. A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don’t have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perseverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough. ~Robert Kraft
  3. If you really believe in what you’re doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up. ~Laurie Notaro
  4. Never quit believing that you can develop in life. Never give up. Don’t deny the inward spirit that provides the drive to accomplish great things in life. ~Jon Huntsman, Sr
  5. There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected. Shine! ~Jimmy Smits
  6. Write every day; never give up; it’s supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can’t look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips are much easier to give than to take. ~JR Moehringer

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17 inspirational quotes you’ll absolutely love

11/12/2025 by

Are you looking for some inspiration? Perhaps some quotes to inspire and energise you or something that will provide a little impact at the end of a presentation?

Here are 17 great quotes that I hope will motivate you for the challenges you face in the coming days.

Inspirational quotes from some of the finest philosophical thinkers ever. They all left me inspired, and I’m confident that you will love them, dear reader.

Enjoy them all.

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Inspirational Quotes (1-10):

  1. Give light and people will find the way. ~Ella Baker
  2. Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone. ~John Wooden
  3. It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot
  4. When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go. ~Carol Burnett
  5. We know what we are but know not what we may be. ~William Shakespeare
  6. Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. ~Grace Hansen
  7. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. ~ Jackson Brown Jr
  8. If we did all the things, we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. ~Thomas A. Edison
  9. If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it. Teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal
  10. Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. ~Jim Rohn

Inspirational Quotes (11-17):

  1. The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. ~Arthur C. Clarke
  2. Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ~Desmond Tutu
  3. Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie
  4. My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style. ~Maya Angelou
  5. A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. ~Larry Bird
  6. Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men’s souls and a beautiful image it is. ~Blaise Pascal
  7. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. ~Steve Jobs

And here’s a bonus quote. “If you’re thinking anyway then you might as well think big.“

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17 quotes about fame to get you thinking

11/10/2025 by

Today I am exploring quotes about fame.

Does the idea of fame appeal to you, dear reader? That is being recognised and fêted wherever you go.

If it does, you’re not alone. Plenty of people share that aspiration.

However, before you chase fame, it would be worth reflecting on its nature through today’s quotes about fame.

Many crave fame, and many constantly strive to be famous, giving little or no thought to the price they’ll pay should they achieve any significant degree of fame.

Real fame implies universal recognition; that is, being recognized literally wherever you go, anywhere in the world. Muhammad Ali, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Nelson Mandela are all examples of people who were truly famous and would still be recognized anywhere.

To people with no experience of real fame, it might seem like a nice idea to think that wherever you go everyone will know you. However, the novelty will wear off soon enough, once you realize the impact it has on your privacy and your ability to go about your daily life in ways that other people take for granted.

Allow me to offer you an example. A few years ago, I was in a crowded London coffee shop, and who should sit opposite me? None other than the legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.

Now he was minding his own business, trying to do the things we all do: relax with his beverage of choice, and so on.

However, being in the presence of a Rock music legend and icon is not something that was going to happen to me every day, so I couldn’t resist the temptation to invade his privacy with a few inane questions.

His response was polite and good-natured, and I admired him all the more for his professional approach.

Nevertheless, it must have been a little bit irritating for him, deep down, I’m sure. Privately, he was probably thinking, “Oh, please, give me a break! I’m off duty, and I just came here for a quiet cup of coffee like everyone else.” For him, and many like him, that’s the price he continues to pay for his fame.

So if you’re chasing fame, be prepared for the personal cost that will inevitably come with it. Fame might lead to riches for you, but never forget that chains of gold are still chains.

You can do whatever you want, but there is always a price to be paid somewhere.

Here are 17 inspirational quotes about fame to reinforce today’s underlying message.

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Quotes about fame (1-10):

  1. Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. ~Emily Dickinson
  2. Fame is a beast that you can’t control or be prepared for. ~Tom Holland
  3. A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all. ~Clive James
  4. You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you. ~J. Cole
  5. We all want to be famous people and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. ~Jiddu Krishnamurti
  6. So, my happiness doesn’t come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. ~Nicki Minaj
  7. A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. ~Fred Allen
  8. The strangest part about being famous is you don’t get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them. ~Kristen Stewart
  9. The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear. ~Al Pacino
  10. I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous, ‘Try being rich first’. See if that doesn’t cover most of it. There’s not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job. ~Bill Murray

Quotes about fame (11-17):

  1. Fame is the thirst of youth. ~Lord Byron
  2. Fame hit me like a ton of bricks. ~Eminem
  3. Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. ~Erma Bombeck
  4. The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune. ~Amelia Earhart
  5. Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. ~John Wooden
  6. I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing. ~Angelina Jolie
  7. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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35 business quotes to inspire you today

11/07/2025 by

If you’re looking for some business quotes to inspire you, I’ve curated 35 that you might find interesting.

These quotes from some of the great entrepreneurs, business thinkers, and political figures will certainly get you thinking.

So, take a few minutes to look and see what you think.

And please feel free to pass them on.

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Business quotes to inspire (1-10):

  1. Business is a combination of war and sport. ~Andre Maurois
  2. All lasting business is built on friendship. ~Alfred A. Montapert
  3. Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality its left. ~John Ray
  4. A company is only as good as the people it keeps. ~Mary Kay Ash
  5. A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. ~Henry Ford
  6. It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts. ~Will Rogers
  7. It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw
  8. If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business. ~B.C. Forbes
  9. We don’t have a monopoly. We have market share. There’s a difference. ~Steve Ballmer
  10. Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. ~Napoleon Hill 

Business quotes to inspire (11-20):

  1. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. ~Andy Warhol
  2. The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. ~Aristotle Onassis
  3. If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. ~Charles Kettering
  4. Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
  5. In business or in life, don’t follow the wagon tracks too closely. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  6. Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it just means you haven’t succeeded yet. ~Robert H. Schuller
  7. Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless. ~Thomas A. Edison
  8. An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it. ~Dee Hock
  9. Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority. ~William Arthur Ward
  10. The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. ~Peter Drucker 

Business quotes to inspire (21-30):

  1. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ~Colin Powell
  2. A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn a reputation by trying to do hard things well. ~Jeff Bezos
  3. If you owe the bank $100 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem. ~J. Paul Getty
  4. Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work. ~Robert Orben
  5. An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. ~Jack Welch
  6. Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing, layout, processes, and procedures. ~Tom Peters
  7. Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You’d be amazed how many companies don’t listen to their customers. ~Ross Perot
  8. Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. ~Howard Aiken
  9. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interest. ~Adam Smith
  10. In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. ~Harold S. Geneen

Business quotes to inspire (31-35):

  1. Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them. ~W. Edwards Deming
  2. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. ~Dale Carnegie
  3. There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. ~Sam Walton
  4. And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department. ~Andrew Carnegie
  5. Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile. ~Gary Ryan Blair
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21 excellent philosophical quotes about getting old

10/29/2025 by

If you’re looking for some philosophical quotes about getting old, I’ve curated 21 little gems for you today.

They all reflect on the ageing process and put it into perspective.

Yes, as we age, we experience more aches and pains and slow down a little. That’s natural. However, for me, getting old is just a state of mind.

And what do I mean?

Well, we’re all getting older every minute of every day, but do we have to get old? I think it’s all down to our philosophy.

By that, I mean, it’s all down to how we choose to look at things. As long as we can retain enthusiasm for life and embrace all things new, then we’re not old at all, in my opinion. Older yes, but not old.

Old is when you’ve had enough of life and you’re ready to embrace the Grim Reaper.

And I hope for you, dear reader, that will be a long, long way off.

In the meantime, here are those 21 philosophical quotes about getting old to help you put it all into perspective.

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PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTES ABOUT GETTING OLD

Ageing is just another word for living. ~Cindy Joseph

It’s not how old you are. It’s how you are old. ~Jules Renard

Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional! ~Walt Disney

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? ~Satchel Paige

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. ~Franz Kafka

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. ~John Lennon

Too many people, when they get old, think that they must live by the calendar. ~John Glenn

I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to. ~Albert Einstein

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. ~Coco Chanel

Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better! ~Ingrid Bergman

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You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. ~Woody Allen

Getting old is better than being young. You can do what you want to do. ~Karl Pilkington

You know you’re getting old when you go to more funerals than you do weddings. ~Jimmy Dean

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything. ~Oscar Wilde

You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.’ ~Jerry Seinfeld

Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get, the older you want to get. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. ~George Bernard Shaw

Middle age is when you sit at home on a Saturday night, the telephone rings, and you hope it isn’t for you. ~Ogden Nash

You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there. ~George Burns

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. ~Henry Ford

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, ‘How many good things have you done in your life?’ rather he will ask, ‘How much love did you put into what you did?’ ~Mother Teresa

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Top 10 Tips for How to Manage Your Time

10/27/2025 by

How to manage your time? A question that is frequently asked, but few actually manage to master the art of effective time management, in my experience.

“If only I had time!” is an expression I hear constantly.

People will say to me, “Oh, I’d love to do that if only I had the time.”

However, we all have exactly the same amount of time. We all have 168 hours each week, and it all comes down to how we make the best use of it. In other words, our priorities.

Time is our most precious resource, wouldn’t you agree, dear reader? Yet far too many people don’t use their time as wisely as they should.

So here are my top 10 tips for how to manage your time.

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How to manage your time:

1. Be in control: Just because someone makes a demand on your time, it doesn’t mean that you have to agree to it. You are the captain of your own ship and you should always be in control. And you’re mindset should always be, “I am in control of my life and if anyone wants a piece of my time then they’ll need to provide me with a very good reason as to why I should agree to their request.”

2. Keep your life and your desk free of clutter: Dealing with clutter just stresses you out, so be ruthless and get rid of it. You cannot work efficiently at a desk which is full of clutter. And you will waste so much time looking for things you need. So clear your desk and get rid of anything in your life that will prevent you from managing your time as efficiently as possible.

3. Be organized: A place for everything and everything in its place. If everything is in its place then you’ll know where to find it should you need it. And that reduces clutter and makes for a better environment in which to work, be it in the workplace or in your personal life.

4. Make lists: You need to plan your week and plan each day too. Write it all down so you won’t forget it. Having a weekly planner is a good idea. Knowing what needs to be achieved each week, allows you to identify ‘must do’ activities each day. At the end of each day make a list of what needs to be done the next day in order to achieve your objectives. And do not rest until your list has been completed each day.

5. Prioritize: Everything is urgent these days, so you have to identify those things that are important to you achieving your objectives. Those are then the activities on which you must focus. You should know your priorities and they are the things that will allow you to achieve your objectives and meet your deadlines.

6. Develop routines: Having a proper routine will allow you to get very efficient at what you do. For instance, rather than responding to emails as and when they arrive in your inbox, set aside two or three time windows each day when you will deal with email. That could be for exactly one hour at the beginning of each day; half an hour just before lunch and then say half an hour at the end of the day just before you leave your desk. Be very strict about these windows for dealing with email and don’t allow email to become a distraction at other times.

7. Set deadlines and stick to them: If you have a piece of work to complete, judge how long it will take, use that to set a deadline for completion and then focus on that work such that you complete it within your deadline.

8. Delegate whenever possible: You should only be doing those things which absolutely have to be done by you. If you are lucky enough to have people to whom you can delegate then make use of them as much as you possibly can.

9. Don’t procrastinate: Procrastination is the thief of time. If you have got something to do, then get on with it. Don’t mess around. The sooner you start the sooner you’ll finish.

10. Learn to say No: Master this skill and it is the biggest time saver of them all. Far too often we agree to do something for someone else simply because we don’t like saying no. It may not even be our responsibility but we do it anyway rather than say no. Always be polite but it is perfectly reasonable to say, “I’d love to help you but I’m busy right now.“

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Bonus Timing Saving Tips:

Here are some useful time-saving tips that are often overlooked. Increasing your productivity will mean getting more done in less time. What’s not to like about that?

1. Use Keyboard Shortcuts: Learning and using keyboard shortcuts for your most-used software can significantly speed up your work. Whether it’s for operating systems, word processors, or specific applications, mastering these shortcuts reduces the time spent navigating menus and will increase your productivity.

2. Leverage Automation Tools: Utilize automation tools and apps like IFTTT (If This Then That) or Zapier to automate repetitive tasks. These tools can help with tasks like automatically saving email attachments to cloud storage, posting updates across social media platforms, or organizing files. Automation can save you countless hours in the long run.

3. Create Email Templates for Common Responses: If you find yourself frequently sending similar emails, create a set of templates for these common responses. This can save you a significant amount of time and ensure consistency in your communication. Most email clients have features that allow you to save and reuse templates with just a few clicks.

4. Batch Processing Similar Tasks: Instead of switching between different types of tasks throughout the day, try batching similar tasks together. For example, set specific times for answering emails, making phone calls, or doing administrative work. This reduces the mental load of constantly switching contexts and increases overall efficiency.

5. Set Up Quick Access for Frequently Used Files and Folders: Organize your digital workspace by creating shortcuts or bookmarks for frequently accessed files and folders. Whether it’s pinning important folders in your file explorer or bookmarking essential documents in your browser, having quick access can save you the hassle of searching through directories every time you need them.

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Master your time management skills:

Whilst this is not a comprehensive list, it’s a good basis on which to start improving your time management skills.

If you want to be successful then effective time management is an essential skill.

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11 quotes about gratitude to remind you its important

10/26/2025 by

However hard life proves to be, being grateful is an essential element to achieving personal happiness. So this post offers you 11 quotes about gratitude to make you think.

All too often we fret about all the things we lack. And then we fail to appreciate fully all the good things in our lives.

So what do you do when you’re feeling negative about your life experiences?

Well, you should stop for a second or two and contemplate all those things for which you really should be grateful.

It can be as simple as the cup of coffee you’re enjoying or the lunch you have planned with a friend later in the week. Maybe you’re off to play football or simply to sit in the park to watch the world go by.

If you think hard enough and you think positively enough, then eventually you’ll see that there are things for which you can be grateful. They don’t have to be big or significant. They just need to be something that brings you pleasure, if only for a moment.

However bad you think your life might be, if you look around the world you’ll see that in comparison to many others, you’re quite lucky.

Yes, of course, there’ll be people with a bigger slice of life’s cake than you’ve got but so what? Does it matter? It’s not the size of your house that matters, it’s how happy is the home in which you live.

If you want to be happy it starts with a positive frame of mind and that starts with being grateful for whatever it is you’ve got, however small it may be.

So go on, be grateful and be happy. And contemplate these 11 quotes about gratitude now.

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Quotes about gratitude:

  1. Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. ~Karl Barth
  2. Always have an attitude of gratitude. ~Sterling K. Brown
  3. I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. ~Will Arnett
  4. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~Melody Beattie
  5. I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness. It’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practising gratitude. ~Brené Brown
  6. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them. ~John F. Kennedy
  7. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
  8. Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. ~Brian Tracy
  9. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. ~Melody Beattie
  10. Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, and understanding. ~Alice Walker
  11. Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. ~William Arthur Ward
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