The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes … - J. Irwin Miller

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It is necessary for God to use the hammers, the file, and the furnace in His holy work of preparing a saint for true sainthood. It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.

J. Irwin Miller

The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with.

Advantage, Aggravation, Cynical, Money, Ought, Shame

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In the search for character and commitment, we must rid ourselves of our inherited, even cherished biases and prejudices. Character, ability and intelligence are not concentrated in one sex over the other, nor in persons with certain accents or in certain races or in persons holding degrees from some universities over others. When we indulge ourselves in such irrational prejudices, we damage ourselves most of all and ultimately assure ourselves of failure in competition with those more open and less biased.

Sex, Commitment, Character, Damage, Intelligence, Biases

Nothing is more expensive than mediocrity.

Mediocrity, Expensive, Nothing

Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term.

Long, Pressure, Energy, Chief, Building, Markets

I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.

Would Be, Found, Persons, Things, Person

The most important service to others is service to those who are not like yourself.

Important, Like You, Service To Others, Service, Like