My father had an expression: Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.

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"Don’t tell me what you value; show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value."

- Joe Biden

Awareness

"Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value."

- Joe Biden

Awareness

"Fear never builds the future, but hope does."

- Joe Biden

Hope

"There will come a day, I promise you, when the thought of your son, or daughter, or your wife or your husband, brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. It will happen. My prayer for you is that day will come sooner than later."

- Joe Biden

Hope

"And we must never forget that it is the mighty arm of the American warrior — never bending, never breaking, never yielding — generation after generation that secured for us the blessings of a nation that still stands today as the beacon of liberty, democracy, and justice around the world."

- Joe Biden

Courage

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"It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent."

- Charlie Munger

Wisdom

"So be careful to live your life wisely, not foolishly."

Wisdom

"In old age is wisdom; understanding in a long life."

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"Keep your friends close, your enemies closer and receipts for all major purchases."

- Bridger Winegar

Wisdom

"Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."

- Zimbabwean Proverb

Wisdom