"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich." ― Henry Ward Beecher Topic(s): Success Tags: world More From Henry Ward Beecher "God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness." "The world’s battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history." "What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away." More In Success "We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back."― Lee Iacocca "Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility… in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have… is the ability to take on responsibility."― Michael Korda "The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."― Brian Tracy