Amicus
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. Quintus Ennius - Roman writer (239-169 B.C.), quoted by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Roman politician, 106-43 B.C.) in "Laelius de amicitia" (44 B.C.), Quotations book 2016
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Truth
If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme. Pablo Picasso - born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish artist (1881-1973), quoted by Daniel J. Robbins (American art historian, art critic, and curator,, 1932-1995) in "Picasso's Vollard suite" (1979) Aunque...
Sue or die
What good is figuring out a better way to sell beach towels if you aren"t going to tell everybody in your company about it? Samuel M. "Sam" Walton - American entrepreneur, founder of Walmart (1918-1992), from "Sam Walton, Made in America: My story" (1992)
Six principles
1. Think one Store at a time. 2. Communicate, communicate, communicate. 3. Keep your ear to the ground. 4. Push responsibility – and authority – down. 5. Force ideas to bubble up. 6. Stay lean, fight bureaucracy. Samuel M. "Sam" Walton - American entrepreneur, founder of Walmart (1918-1992), from "Sam Walton, Made in America: My story" (1992)
Bold
But at the heart of his personality was the boldness of his ideas. Zalman didn’t do little things. Zalman was here to change the world. Roger Hertog – American businessman, financier, and philanthropist, co-founder of Sanford C. Bernstein & Company (b. 1941), in his obituary on Zalman Chaim Bernstein (born Sanford Bernstein, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Sanford C....
Ten maxims
1. Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anyone else. 2. Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. 3. Motivate your partners. Money and ownership alone aren’t enough. […] Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep store. 4. Communicate everything you possibly can to your partners. […] Information is power, and the gain you get from...
Give away
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to pass it on. proverb, often falsely attributed to William Shakespeare (English writer, 1564-1616) or Pablo Picasso (born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, Spanisch artist, 1881-1973)
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen. Timothy "Tim" Ferriss - American entrepreneur and author (b. 1977)
Right investment choice
1. Pick winners by a research process that reflects your values and beliefs. 2. Back them with conviction. 3. Avoid behavioral biases that lead to poor selling like lazy trades (not thought through). 4. Make sure your long-term positions are not past their sell date. Rick di Mascio – British portfolio manager, CEO: Inalytics (b. 1957)
What you can do today…
Do not put off to tomorrow the good you can do today, because maybe tomorrow you will not have time. Don Giovanni Melchiore Bosco - Italian Catholic priest and pedagogue (1815-1888), from "Memorie Biografiche", book IV, chapter XXXVII, 439 (1904) Non mandate al domani il bene che potete fare oggi, perché forse domani non avrete più tempo. Don Giovanni Melchiore Bosco - sacerdote cattolici e...
Better
Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom. Jim Rohn - American entrepreneur, author and motivational trainer (1930-2009), from "The Art of Exceptional Living" (1993), Quotations book 2023
Self-education
Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune. attributed to Jim Rohn - American entrepreneur, author and motivational trainer (1930-2009)
Miracles
In the realist, faith is not born from miracles, but miracles from faith. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsk - Russian writer (1821-1881), from "The Brothers Karamazov", part I, book one, chapter 5 (1880) В реалисте вера не от чуда рождается, а чудо от веры. Федор Достоевский - русский писатель (1821-1881), из "Бра́тья Карама́зовы", часть I, книга первая, глава 5...
On giants’ shoulders
If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants. Sir Isaac Newton – English mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1643-1727), from a letter to Robert Hooke (5.2.1676)
Difference
The world is as it is – we make the difference. Dr. Jagdish Parikh - Indian manager, author and speaker (b. 1940)
Do good
No-one would remember the good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well. Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven - British politician, 1979-90 Prime Minister (1925-2013), from a tv interview with Brian Walden for "London Weekend Television" ("Weekend World", January 6th, 1980)