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Live

Live your life, as if you are gonna die. attributed to William Shatner - Canadian actor (b. 1931)

Liberty

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell – British writer and journalist (1903-1950), from an unused preface to "Animal Farm" (1945), Quotations book 2022

Go to the customer

If I don"t go to the customer, my competitor was already there. maxime for successful entrepreneurs - Quotations book 2022

Challenge

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional. Roger Crawford – American tennis player, motivational speaker, and author (b. 1960), Quotations book 2022

You always meet twice

Be kind to everyone on the way up; you’ll meet the same people on the way down. Wilson Mizner - American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur (1876-1933), from "San Francisco Chronicle" (5.7.1932), Quotations book 2022

Concise

Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all. Sir Winston L. Churchill – British politician, 1940-45 and 1951-55 Prime Minister, Nobel Prize in literature 1953 (1874-1965), from his speech on receiving the "London Times Literary Award" (November 2, 1949), Quotations book 2022

Perspective

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. slogan by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer - American psychologist, speaker and author on self-development (1940-2015), often attributed to Max Planck (German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1918, 1858-1947), but could not be verified by the Archives of the Max Planck Society in Berlin

Pray

We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We need to pray in times of security, lest we become self-sufficient. Billy Graham – born William Franklin Graham jr., American evangelist (1918-2018), from his devotion...

Wisdom

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson - Pritish poet (1809-1892), from his poem "Locksley Hall" (1835, published in "Poems", 1842)

Appreciate

This is not the year you get everything you want. This is the year you appreciate everything you have. wisdom

Small and big

The business of business is a lot of little decisions every day mixed up with a few big decisions. Thomas S. "Tom" Murphy Sr. - American broadcast executive, former chair and CEO of Capital Cities Broadcasting/ABC Inc. (1925-2022), Quotations book 2022

In time

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. John F. Kennedy - American politician, 1961-63 35th president (1917-1963), from his speech at the Samuel Gompers memorial dinner in Boston (October 25, 1958), Quotations book 2022

The Greatest Man in History

The Greatest Man in History Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master. Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher. Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. He had no army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world. He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today. wisdom - Quotations book...

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Making mistakes is the privilege of the active – of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right. […] The fear of making mistakes is the root of bureaucracy and the enemy of development. No decision can claim to be the only right one; it is the energy that is put into the decision that determines whether it is right. It must be allowed to make mistakes. Ingvar Kamprad - Swedish...

Goal

A goal without a plan is just a wish. attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – French aviator and writer (1900-1994) Un objectif sans plan s"appelle un vœu. attribué à Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – écrivain, et aviateur français (1900-1944)

Innovation

The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of the candle. Dr. Oren Harari - American business professor at the University of San Francisco and author of several management books (1949-2010)

Contribution

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. attributed to George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950), Quotations book 2022

Optimum legacy

[The perfect amount to leave children is] enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), from the article "Should you leave it all to the children?" ("Fortune Magazine", September 29, 1986)

Courage

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. wisdom, often attributed to Sir Winston L. Churchill – British politician, 1940-45 and 1951-55 Prime Minister, Nobel Prize in literature 1953 (1874-1965)

People

Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories. wisdom - Quotations book 2022

Learn from God

To learn any lesson He may have to teach us is more important than getting rid of the trouble. J. Hudson Taylor – called "Pioneer in the Forbidden Land", English missionary in China (1832-1905), from a letter to J. W. Stevenson in December 1891, quoted by Frederick Howard and Mary Geraldine Taylor (English missionary couple, 1862-1946 resp. 1865-1949) in "Hudson Taylor and the China Inland...