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The History of Federal Estate and Gift Taxes – 1913 Through 2013

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood…Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.Daniel H. Burnham

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.Benjamin Disraeli

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.”Epictetus

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.John Maynard Keynes

Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives us what we have earned Gerald Brenan

It requires a great deal of boldness, and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it.Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work … I want to achieve immortality through not dyingWoody Allen

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.John Neal

The future depends on what you do todayMahatma Gandhi

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.Kahlil Gibran

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.Ralph Waldo Emerson

if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.Homer Simpson

He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.Victor Hugo

A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.George S. Patton

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.Charles Darwin

It has been said that the gate of history turns on small hinges, and so do people’s lives. The choices we make determine our destiny.Thomas S. Monson

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.Napoleon Hill

Nothing happens until something moves.Albert Einstein

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.John F. Kennedy

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.Proverbs 27:17

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.Publilus Syrus

A goal without a plan is just a wish.Antoine de Saint-Exupery

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.Sir Winston Churchill

A man who dies without adequate life insurance should have to come back and see the mess he created.Will Rogers

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.Albert Einstein

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.George Canning

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.Paul J. Meyer

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.George Bernard Shaw

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”Albert Einstein

We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.Seneca

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.Carl Sandburg

There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.Robert Heinlein

Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of valueAlbert Einstein

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.Proverbs 24:3-4

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.Robert Orben

You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.Benjamin Franklin

While we are postponing, life speeds by.Seneca

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.Albert Einstein

If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it – Now quiet, they’re about to announce the lottery numbers!Homer Simpson

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.Henri Bergson

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a foolSeneca

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswerving That is dedication.Cecil B. DeMille

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.Gloria Anzaldua

A goal without a plan is just a wish.Antoine de Saint-Exupery