The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage. Warren Buffett - American value...
The soul obtains from Him as much as it hopes for from Him. John of the Cross - aka Juan de la Cruz, born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez, Spanish Carmelite friar and Doctor of Church (1542-1591), from "The Dark Night", Book 2, chapter 21.8 ("La noche oscura", posthumously 1618) L"âme obtient autant de Lui qu"autant elle espère. Jean de la Croix - alias Juan de la Cruz, né Juan de Yepes y Álvarez,...
L"Evangile n"est pas un livre: c"est un être vivant, avec une action, une puissance, qui envahit tout ce qui s"oppose à son extension. Napoléon Bonaparte - Général français et empereur de 1804-14 et 1815 (1769-1821), de "Sentiment de Napoléon sur le Christianisme: conversations religieuses", chapitre 16, "De La Divinité de Jesus-Christ" (à titre posthume 1843), Brochure de citation 2022 The...
People saying: "It can’t be done," are always being interrupted by somebody doing it. proverb from the "Puck" - first successful American humor magazine (volume 52, no. 1347, December 24, 1902), Quotations book 2022 often falsely attributed to George Bernard Shaw (Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925, 1856-1950)
What would life be if we didn’t dare to take things in hand? Vincent van Gogh - Dutch painter (1853-1890), in a letter to his brother Theo (December 29th, 1881), Quotations book 2021 Wat zou het leven zijn als we niet wat durfden aanpakken? Vincent van Gogh - Nederlands kunstschilder (1853-1890), in een brief aan zijn broer Theo (29 december 1881), Offerteboekje...
Do what you can and leave the rest to God. Don Giovanni Melchiore Bosco - Italian Catholic priest and pedagogue (1815-1888), from "Memorie Biografiche", book XIII, chapter XXVI, 832 (1932), Libretto delle citazioni 2021 Fa" quello che puoi, e Dio farà il resto. Don Giovanni Melchiore Bosco - sacerdote cattolici e pedagogo italiano (1815-1888), de "Memorie Biografiche", benda XIII, capitolo...
Fold early when the odds are against you, or if you have a big edge, back it heavily because you don’t get a big edge often. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), from "Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger" (2000), Quotations book 2021
We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos – American company founder: Amazon (b. 1964), from an interview with the "Washington Post" (September 3rd, 2013), Quotations book 2021
Bønnen forandrer ikke Gud, men den forandrer den bedende. Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard – Danish Protestant theologian an philosopher (1813-1855), known as one of the most important academics in Denmark, from his preface to "Edifying Discourses in Diverse Spirits", part I (1847), Quotations books 2021 +...
Capital allocation is the CEO"s most important job. William N. Thorndike, Jr. – American writer (*1963), from "The Outsiders - Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success" (2012), Quotations book 2021
Entrepreneurs don’t finish when we are tired. We finish when we are done. Robert T. Kiyosaki – American businessman and author (b. 1947), in a facebook message (March 19th, 2013), Quotations book 2021
Camminate con i piedi per terra e con il cuore abitate in cielo. Don Giovanni Melchiore Bosco - sacerdote cattolici e pedagogo italiano (1815-1888), Libretto delle citazioni 2021 Walk with your feet on the ground and your heart in the sky. Don Giovanni Melchiore Bosco – Italian Catholic priest and pedagogue (1815-1888), Quotations book 2021
Dispute supports insight and that is worth a lot. Daniel Libeskind – American architect, artist and designer (b. 1946), from the interview "Der gebaute Horror" with Susanne von Beyer ("Der Spiegel", 18. January 1999), Quotations book 2021
What you've got to do in politics is be sure that what you say can be justified by principle, by argument, and to put it across. As I always say, never follow the crowd. Make up your own mind and get the crowd to follow you. Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven - British politician, 1979-90 Prime Minister (1925-2013), Quotations book 2021
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. I felt fear myself more times than I can remember, but I hid it behind a mask of boldness. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela – South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, 1994-99 president, Nobel Peace Prize (1918-2013), from his autobiography...