men? women? true? not?

SUCCESS:

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

STYLE:

Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.

Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

MONEY MANAGEMENT:

A man is a person who will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants.

A woman will pay one dollar for a two dollar item that she doesn’t want.

HAPPINESS:

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little.

To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

MARRIAGE EXPECTATIONS:

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.

A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change and she does.

MARRIAGE DECISIONS:

Men marry because they are tired. Women marry because they are curious.

Both are disappointed.

MARRIAGE AND THE FUTURE:

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

MEMORIES:

A woman will always cherish the memory of the man who wanted to marry her.

A man cherishes the memory of the woman who he didn’t marry.

UNDERSTANDING WOMEN:

There are two times when a man doesn’t understand a woman – before marriage and after marriage.

WHAT A WOMAN WANTS:

Only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy…

One is to let her think she is having her own way. The other is to let her have it.

LONGEVITY:

Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die.

MISTAKES:

Any married man should forget his mistakes – no use two people remembering the same thing.

THE BATTLE:

A woman always has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

SUCCESS

SUCCESS

An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican
village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the
small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American
complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long
it took to catch them. The mexican replied only a little while. The
American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish?

The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The American then asked, but what do you do with the rest of your time?
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my
children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each
evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full
and busy life, senor.

The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You
should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat,
with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats,
eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling
your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor,
eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product,
processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal
fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC
where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But senor, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “15-20 years.”

“But what then, senor?”

The American laughed and said that’s the best part. “When the time is
right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the
public ad become very rich, you would make millions.”

“Millions, senor? Then what?”

The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal
fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with
your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the
evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your
amigos.”

– Author Unknown

WHAT MATTERS MOST

WHAT MATTERS MOST

In the mid 1970’s, Ed Roberts created the world’s first commercially
successful personal computer (PC). He hired a 19 year old named Bill
Gates to write software for him.

Roberts sold his computer business in 1977 and bought a farm. Seven
years later, at age 41, he entered medical school. Today Bill gates is
the head of the largest computer software company in the world. Ed
Roberts is a physician in a small Georgia town.

Roberts says, “The implication is that the PC is the most important
thing I’ve ever done, and I don’t think that’s true. Every day I deal
with things that are equally if not more important here with my
patients.”

How can we evaluate the significance of our lives? Something deep inside
tells us such a thing cannot be measured by wealth and fame.

As we look at the apostle Paul’s turbulent life, it seems noteworthy
that he approached the end with a peaceful sense of successful
completion. He wrote, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith.” (2 timothy 4:7) Paul looked confidently
not to the world but to “the Lord, the righteous Judge” for approval and
reward (vs 8).

Since sooner than later we’ll face our creator,
Whose gaze pierces through to the heart,
Let’s make sure our dreams, our goals and grand schemes
Have Christ in our plans from the start.

The measure of a life is determined by the Ruler of the Universe.

– Author Unknown