"By a heart made unspeakably sad by a grave on which the autumn leaves now fall, I know there are some things higher and grander and sublimer than money. " Russell H Conwell
The quotation is taken from Russell H Conwell's lecture Acres of Diamonds is one that I particularly like. It illustrates his love for life first, rather than any love of money. However, the book itself is about money - money as a means, that is, not as an end in itself. Because as a means, money opens the door to possibility.
As a Baptist minister, Conwell was often forced to rebut popular criticism on his central proposal that money was not an evil or bad thing in itself. Many people would attempt to quote the Bible to him in support of their beliefs that the acquisition of wealth was somehow wrong. He would always point out, in these cases, that they had misquoted the Bible especially with respect to the 'love of money is the root of all evil' citation that was so often mis-quoted to him.
His most famous work on the subject, Acres of Diamonds deals with opportunity and where it might be found. Using a number of apparently true and very interesting stories illustrating how people have missed opportunity, he suggests that becoming wealthy or not, as the case may be, may simply be a matter of recognising opportunities that lay before us.
The book is, in essence, a parable or learning story that illustrates how it is possible to be literally surrounded by diamonds and not recognise the fact. People found the message to be so powerful that he was asked to deliver the lecture time after time throughout his public life.
A classic self-help text, the book is well worth reading, again and again, until its message really sinks in: if you are looking to achieve success, you must learn how to recognise opportunity and Acres of Diamonds is probably the best book ever written of that subject.
The quotation is taken from Russell H Conwell's lecture Acres of Diamonds is one that I particularly like. It illustrates his love for life first, rather than any love of money. However, the book itself is about money - money as a means, that is, not as an end in itself. Because as a means, money opens the door to possibility.
As a Baptist minister, Conwell was often forced to rebut popular criticism on his central proposal that money was not an evil or bad thing in itself. Many people would attempt to quote the Bible to him in support of their beliefs that the acquisition of wealth was somehow wrong. He would always point out, in these cases, that they had misquoted the Bible especially with respect to the 'love of money is the root of all evil' citation that was so often mis-quoted to him.
His most famous work on the subject, Acres of Diamonds deals with opportunity and where it might be found. Using a number of apparently true and very interesting stories illustrating how people have missed opportunity, he suggests that becoming wealthy or not, as the case may be, may simply be a matter of recognising opportunities that lay before us.
The book is, in essence, a parable or learning story that illustrates how it is possible to be literally surrounded by diamonds and not recognise the fact. People found the message to be so powerful that he was asked to deliver the lecture time after time throughout his public life.
A classic self-help text, the book is well worth reading, again and again, until its message really sinks in: if you are looking to achieve success, you must learn how to recognise opportunity and Acres of Diamonds is probably the best book ever written of that subject.
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