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[Quote No.51911] Need Area: Mind > Plan
"[A story - with a message about making choices carefully or else things may get worse rather than better:] Aesop's Fables - The Ass and His Masters - An ass, belonging to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work made a petition to Jupiter to be released from his present service and provided with another master. Jupiter, after warning him that he would repent his request, caused him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, finding that he had heavier loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, he petitioned for another change of master. Jupiter, telling him that it would be the last time that he could grant his request, ordained that he be sold to a tanner. The Ass found that he had fallen into worse hands, and noting his master's occupation, said, groaning: 'It would have been better for me to have been either starved by the one, or to have been overworked by the other of my former masters, than to have been bought by my present owner, who will even after I am dead tan my hide, and make me useful to him.' " - Aesop

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[Quote No.57190] Need Area: Mind > Plan
"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow!" - Aesop
(circa 550 B.C.) legendary Greek fabulist. Source: ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’.
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[Quote No.30168] Need Area: Mind > Focus
"Little by little does the trick." - Aesop

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[Quote No.23056] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"Plodding wins the race." - Aesop
From his fable of the tortoise and the hare.
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[Quote No.25936] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"Slow and steady wins the race." - Aesop

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[Quote No.27414] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"[If persistent, even] Plodding wins the race." - Aesop
(620–560 BC), Famous Greek writer of fables. This is the message behind his famous 'Fable of the Hare and the Tortoise'.
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[Quote No.37743] Need Area: Body > Grooming
"We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance." - Aesop

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[Quote No.38429] Need Area: Body > Grooming
"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth!" - Aesop

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[Quote No.51920] Need Area: Body > General
"[A story - with message about gluttony, health and exercise:] Aesop's Fables - The Little Fly - There was a fly buzzing around a barn one day when he happened on a pile of fresh cow manure. Due to the fact that it had been hours since his last meal, he flew down and began to eat. He ate and ate and ate. Finally, he decided he had eaten enough and tried to fly away. He had eaten too much though, and could not get off the ground. As he looked around wondering what to do now, he spotted a pitchfork leaning up against the wall. He climbed to the top of the handle and jumped off, thinking that once he got airborne, he would be able to take flight. Unfortunately he was wrong and dropped like a rock, splatting when he hit the floor. Dead." - Aesop

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[Quote No.26198] Need Area: Money > Save
"[A story - with a message:] 'The Ant and the Grasshopper' - In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. 'Why not come and chat with me' said the Grasshopper, 'instead of toiling and moiling in that way?' 'I am helping to lay up food for the winter' said the Ant, 'and I recommend you to do the same.' 'Why bother about winter?' said the Grasshopper; 'We have got plenty of food at present.' But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:.......It is best to prepare for the days of necessity." - Aesop
One of his most famous fables - from 'Aesop's Fables'
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[Quote No.57189] Need Area: Money > Save
"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow." - Aesop
(circa 550 B.C.) legendary Greek fabulist. Source: ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’.
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[Quote No.27172] Need Area: Money > Invest
"Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. [or, count your money before selling and realising your paper profits, when share investing.]" - Aesop

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[Quote No.51915] Need Area: Money > General
"[A story - with a message about greed:] Aesop's Fables - The Boy and the Nuts - A little boy once found a jar of nuts on the table. 'I would like some of these nuts,' he thought. 'I'm sure Mother will give them to me if she were here. I'll take a big handful.' So he reached into the jar and grabbed as many as he could hold. But when he tried to pull his hand out, he found the neck of the jar was too small. His hand was held fast, but he did not want to drop any of the nuts. He tried again and again, but he couldn't get the whole handful out. At last he began to cry. Just then his mother came into the room. 'What's the matter?' she asked. 'I can't take this handful of nuts out of the jar,' sobbed the boy. 'Well, don't be so greedy,' his mother replied. 'Just take two or three, and you'll have no trouble getting your hand out.' 'How easy that was,' said the boy as he left the table. 'I might have thought of that myself.' " - Aesop

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[Quote No.51916] Need Area: Money > General
"[A story - with a message about greed:] Aesop's Fables - The Dog and the Shadow - A dog, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away." - Aesop

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[Quote No.31252] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office." - Aesop

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[Quote No.33389] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"[A story - with a message:] 'The Ass Carrying the Image' [An Aesop Fable] - An ass once carried through the streets of a city a famous wooden Image, to be placed in one of its Temples. As he passed along, the crowd made lowly prostration before the Image. The Ass, thinking that they bowed their heads in token of respect for himself, bristled up with pride, gave himself airs, and refused to move another step. The driver, seeing him thus stop, laid his whip lustily about his shoulders and said, 'O you perverse dull-head! It is not yet come to this, that men pay worship to an Ass.' They are not wise who give to themselves the credit due to others." - Aesop

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[Quote No.51561] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"[A story - with a message: Gentle persuasion is better than than violent force] 'The North Wind and the Sun' - The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveller came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveller take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveller fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveller took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two." - Aesop
'The North Wind and the Sun' is one of Aesop's Fables.
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[Quote No.51921] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"[A story - with a message about criticising others:] Aesop's Fables - The Two Bags - Every man, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck all bag in front full of his neighbors' faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that men are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings." - Aesop

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[Quote No.8704] Need Area: Work > Team
"Union gives strength. " - Aesop

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[Quote No.31131] Need Area: Work > Team
"Union gives strength." - Aesop

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[Quote No.32221] Need Area: Work > Team
"In union there is strength." - Aesop

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[Quote No.51912] Need Area: Work > Team
"[A story - with a message about helping our team-mates:] Aesop's Fables - The Ass and the Mule - A Muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both well laden. The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear. He entreated his companion to relieve him of a small portion, that he might carry home the rest; but the Mule paid no attention to the request. The Ass shortly afterwards fell down dead under his burden. Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him. The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: 'I am treated according to my deserts. If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.' " - Aesop

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[Quote No.51917] Need Area: Work > Team
"[A story - with a message about teamwork and unity:] Aesop's Fables - The Father and His Sons - A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it. He next opened the faggot, took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into his sons' hands, upon which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: 'My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.' " - Aesop

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[Quote No.63278] Need Area: Work > Make
"Outer show is a poor substitute for inner worth!!!" - Aesop

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[Quote No.51588] Need Area: Work > Sell
"[A story - with a message about honesty, trust and credibility:] The Boy who Cried 'Wolf!' - There was a boy who was a shepherd. One day he decided to have some fun at the expense of the villagers. He shouted, 'Help, help, the wolf is here.' The villagers heard him and came to his rescue. But when they got there, they saw no wolf and the boy laughed at them. They went away. The next day, the boy played the same trick and the same thing happened. Then one day, while the boy was taking care of his sheep he actually saw a wolf and shouted for help. The people in the village heard him but this time nobody came to his rescue. They thought it was another trick and didn't trust him anymore. He lost his sheep to the wolf. The moral of the story is - when people tell lies, they lose credibility. Once they have lost credibility, even when they tell the truth, no one believes them." - Aesop

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[Quote No.22778] Need Area: Property > Clothing
"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." - Aesop

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[Quote No.28453] Need Area: Property > Clothing
"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth." - Aesop

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[Quote No.38428] Need Area: Property > Clothing
"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. " - Aesop

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[Quote No.63276] Need Area: Property > Clothing
"Outer show is a poor substitute for inner worth!" - Aesop

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[Quote No.64296] Need Area: Property > Clothing
"[Humility; minimalism and essentialism:-] Outer show is a poor substitute for inner worth." - Aesop

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[Quote No.66956] Need Area: Property > Clothing
"[Image and style is less important than content and utility:] Outer show is a poor substitute for inner worth." - Aesop

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[Quote No.63277] Need Area: Property > Home
"Outer show is a poor substitute for inner worth!!" - Aesop

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[Quote No.63275] Need Area: Property > General
"Outer show is a poor substitute for inner worth." - Aesop

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[Quote No.64295] Need Area: Property > General
"[Humility; minimalism and essentialism:] Outer show is a poor substitute for inner worth." - Aesop

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[Quote No.7026] Need Area: Food > Food
"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. " - Aesop

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[Quote No.12863] Need Area: Food > Food
"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. " - Aesop

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[Quote No.51919] Need Area: Food > General
"[A story - with message about gluttony:] Aesop's Fables - The Little Fly - There was a fly buzzing around a barn one day when he happened on a pile of fresh cow manure. Due to the fact that it had been hours since his last meal, he flew down and began to eat. He ate and ate and ate. Finally, he decided he had eaten enough and tried to fly away. He had eaten too much though, and could not get off the ground. As he looked around wondering what to do now, he spotted a pitchfork leaning up against the wall. He climbed to the top of the handle and jumped off, thinking that once he got airborne, he would be able to take flight. Unfortunately he was wrong and dropped like a rock, splatting when he hit the floor. Dead." - Aesop

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[Quote No.55004] Need Area: Food > General
"Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear." - Aesop

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[Quote No.5462] Need Area: Friends > Friends
"Little friends may prove great friends. " - Aesop

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[Quote No.51914] Need Area: Friends > Friends
"[A story - with a message about 'true' friendship:] Aesop's Fables - The Bear and the Two Travelers - Two men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. 'He gave me this advice,' his companion replied. 'Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger.' " - Aesop

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[Quote No.51913] Need Area: Friends > Partners
"[A story - with a message about helping our partner and family:] Aesop's Fables - The Ass and the Mule - A Muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both well laden. The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear. He entreated his companion to relieve him of a small portion, that he might carry home the rest; but the Mule paid no attention to the request. The Ass shortly afterwards fell down dead under his burden. Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him. The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: 'I am treated according to my deserts. If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.' " - Aesop

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[Quote No.51562] Need Area: Friends > Children
"[A story - with a message: Gentle persuasion is better than than violent force] 'The North Wind and the Sun' - The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveller came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveller take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveller fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveller took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two!" - Aesop
'The North Wind and the Sun' is one of Aesop's Fables.
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[Quote No.10971] Need Area: Friends > Conversation
"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. " - Aesop

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"[A story - with a message:] 'The Fly' - There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: 'You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies'." - Aesop
(620 BC - 560 BC)
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[Quote No.51563] Need Area: Friends > Conversation
"[A story - with a message: gentle persuasion is better than than violent force] 'The North Wind and the Sun' - The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveller came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveller take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveller fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveller took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two." - Aesop
'The North Wind and the Sun' is one of Aesop's Fables.
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[Quote No.51589] Need Area: Friends > Conversation
"[A story - with a message about honesty, trust and credibility:] The Boy who Cried 'Wolf!' - There was a boy who was a shepherd. One day he decided to have some fun at the expense of the villagers. He shouted, 'Help, help, the wolf is here.' The villagers heard him and came to his rescue. But when they got there, they saw no wolf and the boy laughed at them. They went away. The next day, the boy played the same trick and the same thing happened. Then one day, while the boy was taking care of his sheep he actually saw a wolf and shouted for help. The people in the village heard him but this time nobody came to his rescue. They thought it was another trick and didn't trust him anymore. He lost his sheep to the wolf. The moral of the story is - when people tell lies, they lose credibility. Once they have lost credibility, even when they tell the truth, no one believes them! " - Aesop

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[Quote No.51922] Need Area: Friends > Conversation
"[A story - with a message about criticising others:] Aesop's Fables - The Two Bags - Every man, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck all bag in front full of his neighbors' faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that men are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings!" - Aesop

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