Volume One contains some of the great wisdom of man and God with approximately 700 sage sayings in eighty-five MSWord document pages.

This e-book is directed to the building of the character of a man as well as to the building of the character of a business, including setting goals and keeping the right frame of mind. These quotations are capable of stirring the reader to action--positive action, purposeful action, productive action--replacing any perceived fears with confidence and hope.

These gems represent fundamental principles—useful in personal living along with making a living. They comprise whole disciplines of philosophical and ethical thought worthy of yearly resolutions and daily habits toward self-improvement. Plus thoughts on happiness and health and clear definitions of what constitutes love.

You will recognize some of the names credited herein: Aesop, Ben Franklin, James Allen, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mary Kay Ash, J.K. Rowling. Others will become familiar to you. As I love quotes (amassing them for decades), there will be more volumes to come.

Volume One compiles some of the great wisdom of both man and God:
- First Section = Overview (2pp) + Quotations (19pp)
- Middle Section = Favorite Bible Verses herein (13pp)
- Last Section = Preface (2pp) + Selected Bible Verses (49pp)

My most favorite Bible verses (from the American Standard Version of 1901) selected from this collection are those which resonate each time I read them. No matter your (non)religious preference, truisms appear throughout all such doctrines and are replicated here.

I hope this e-Volume finds and keeps you healthy, wealthy with blessings and wise.

NOTE: I have maintained the spelling of old in the original quotations.

I also did not group these verses according to any topic, for a couple reasons. Number one, within e-readers, there is a search function for actual words used. However, and more importantly, my number two reason for not providing a subject matter listing was that a key word may not have been utilized.

For example, there is a favorite Bible verse of mine that I continually refer to as “sending out the band or choir in thanksgiving ahead of the army.” See 2 Chronicles 20:21, where there is no mention of “band” or “choir” or “thanksgiving” and thus, such word searches would be in vain.

Plus, were I to produce a list—whether related to goal setting, or character building by traits, or those good for making New Year’s Resolutions--I theorize that the vast majority of these axioms would need to be repeated for each and every chosen subject matter. Thus, greatly multiplying the length of this collection. Therefore, I did not attempt to categorize these aphorisms.