Month: January 2020

L’intuizione

L"intuizione, è l"intelligenza che commette un eccesso di velocità. proverbio italiano - Libretto delle citazioni 2020

Act

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. attributed to William James - American philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910), Quotations book 2020

Attitude

Attitude is the "little" thing that makes the big difference. Zig Ziglar - American author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur (1926-2012), from "See You At The Top" (1975), Quotations book 2020

Bevore you …

Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give. William Arthur Ward - American writer (1921-1994), from his poem "Before You" (1963), Quotations book 2020

Big God

Do not tell God you have a big problem! Tell your problem you have a big God! wisdom - Quotations book 2020

Brief and clear

Whatever you are teaching be brief so that impressionable minds may readily understand what you’ve said, and hold fast to it. Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis, ut cito dicta, percipiant animi dociles teneantque fideles. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horaz) - Roman writer (65-8 B.C.), from "Ars poetica" 335 (c. 19 B.C.), Quotations book 2020

Burn

I love people that burn, that burn from the inside. Christian A. W. Berner- German graduate economist and entrepreneur, CEO Berner Group (b. 1984), Quotations book 2020

Child in the manger

Once you have taken in the sight of the beautiful child in the manger – take your time, do not hurry away. First make his eyes your eyes, his ears your ears and his mouth your mouth. Make his hands your hands, his smile your smile and his greeting your greeting. Then you will recognize your sister, your brother, in every person. And as you dry their tears and share their joy, God’s Son is...

Christus bruger Efterfølgere, ikke Beundrere

Det er nu bekjendt nok, at Christus bestandigt bruger det Udtryk: Efterfølgere; han taler aldrig om, at han forlanger: Beundrere, tilbedende Beundrere, Tilhængere; og naar han bruger det Udtryk: Disciple, forklarer han det altid saaledes, at man seer, derved forstaaes Efterfølgere, at det ikke er Tilhængere af en Lære, men Efterfølgere af et Liv. It is well known that Christ consistently used...

Communauté

Notre Communauté [...] n"était pas, elle non plus, somme de nos intérêts – elle était somme de nos dons. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry -  écrivain, et aviateur français (1900-1944), de "Pilote de guerre" (1942), Brochure de citation 2020

Decide brave

Most decisions should probably be made with somewhere around 70% of the information you wish you had. If you wait for 90%, in most cases, you’re probably being slow. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos - American company founder: Amazon (b. 1964), in his letter to the shareholders (2016), Quotations book 2020

Diversity

The woods would be very silent if no bird sang but those that sing best. Elizabeth Charles - English writer (1828-1896), from "The Two Vocations or The Sisters of Mercy at Home" (1858), Quotations book 2020

Do it yourself

Listen and you will forget. Write it down and you will remember. Do it yourself and you will understand. Credo the energetic - Quotations book 2020

Ensemble

Experience teaches us that love does not mean to look into each other"s eyes, but to look together in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – French aviator and writer (1900-1994), from "Wind, Sand, and Stars" ("Terre des Hommes, 1939), Quotations book 2020 L"expérience nous montre qu"aimer ce n"est pas nous regarder l"un l"autre mais regarder ensemble dans la même direction. Antoine...

Enthusiasm

The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Walter P. Chrysler - American company founder (1875-1940)

Dealing with criticism

Critics will see you walk on water and say it is because you cannot swim. Jan-David Golze - German business development expert, booking.com, Quotations book 2020

Escaping the old

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard Keynes - British economist and investor (1883-1946), from "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" (1936), Quotations book 2020

Experience beats money

When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money, and the person with the money winds up with the experience. business wisdom - Quotations book 2020

Five basic operations of a manager

A manager sets objectives. A manager organises. A manager motivates and communicates. A manager establishes measuring yardsticks. A manager develops people. Peter F. Drucker - Austrian-born American management expert (1909-2005), from "The Practice of Management" (1954), Quotations book 2020