Money is the Apple That Separates the Men From the Serpents    

    You will be tested many times in your lifetime with opportunities and temptations involving money, illegal opportunities are easy to back away from because they are illegal, ethics should take a back seat in decisions about things that can put you in jail!
    Handcuffs are enough to scare me away from doing stupid things, no matter how much money is involved.

    Ethics on the other hand should be the main pivot point when it comes to advising friends or business clients. During the journey of your life, you will often be faced with decisions where you will have to advise friends or clients as to what will be in their best interest.

    Many times honest advise in these situations may cost you money, but whenever you come to a "fork in the road" such as this, You must always take the road that allows you to take your ethics with you. Because you and your self esteem will not get along too well if you don't have your ethics with you.
    Knowing you have done the right thing is always worth something no amount of money can buy.

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 An old Cherokee  Indian was speaking to his grandson:

"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil--he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.


The other is good -- he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."


The grandson thought about it for a long minute, and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"


The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

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