all Quotes

Courage

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from “Pudd”nhead Wilson” (Chapter XII, 1894)

Everything comes to those who wait.

The big profits I have made were through very long planning, waiting and watching. Philip A. Fisher – American Growth investor and mentor of Warren Buffett (1907-2004)

Deliver

Always deliver more than expected. Lawrence Edward “Larry” Page – American businessman and computer scientis, co-founder Google (b. 1973)

Passion

Passion first and everything will fall into place. Holly Rene Holm-Kirkpatrick – American mixed martial arts fighter and former boxer, first Person to be world champion in both disciplines (b. 1981)

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday’s logic. Peter F. Drucker – Austrian-born American management expert (1909-2005), from “Managing in Turbulent Times” (1980)

High goals

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. Norman Vincent Peale – American clergyman and author (1898-1993)

Desire

If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world. C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “Mere Christianity” (1952)

Ideas

The opposite of a good idea can be another good idea. Roderick Henry ´”Rory” Sutherland – British advertising executive, vice chairman Ogilvy & Mather (b. 1965), from “Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life” (2018)

Freedom

The journey to freedom requires a bold first step into the unknown. wisdom, inspired by a wisdom from the Tao Te Ching – most significant proverb collection of Daoism (chapter 64, 4th century BC), according to a legend written by Lao Tzu (Chinese philosopher, c. 3rd to 5th century BC)

Faith

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – American civil rights activist and pastor, Nobel Peace Prize 1964 (1929-1968), from his speech at the New York City’s Park-Sheraton Hotel (September 12th, 1962)

Only faith counts

God does not require you to have great faith . You simply are to have faith in a great God. Dr. William Rohl “Bill” Bright – American evangelist and founder of the world’s largest missionary organization “Campus Crusade for Christ International” (1921-2003), from “How You Can Pray With Confidence” (1971)

Home

A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams. wisdom

Reaction

I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. Charles R. Swindoll – American evangelical Christian pastor, author, and radio Bible teacher (*1934), from “Great Attitudes For Graduates! 10 Choices For Success In Life” (2006)

Curious

I don’t think anyone can be a great investor unless you’re curious. You have to understand how to connect the dots. Henry K. Kravis – American businessman, investor, and philanthropist, co-founder KKR (b. 1944), in an interview with Alison Mass at the “Goldman Sachs Exchanges: Great Investors” (October 17, 2023)

You are right

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t– you’re right. Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947), quoted in “The Reader’s Digest”, Volume 51 (1947)

Don’t look back

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. attributed to Alexander Graham Bell – Scottish-born American inventor, scientist and engineer (1847-1922)

La unidad

La unidad sin multiplicidad es tiranía, la multiplicidad sin unidad es desintegración. Papa León XIV —cuyo nombre de nacimiento es Robert Francis Prevost, Santo Padre desde 2025 (n. 1955), de la Carta Apostólica “In unitate fidei” en el 1700 aniversario del Concilio de Nicea(23 de noviembre de 2025) L’unità senza molteplicità è tirannia, la molteplicità senza unità è...

Foryfir

Betra er berfættum en bókarlausum að vera. íslenskur málsháttur Better to be barefoot than bookless. Icelandic proverb

Ruler’s sovereignty

Whosoever will be great among you… shall be the servant of all. A ruler’s sovereignty, Your Majesty, is in the hearts of the people. Only by service to others can a man, or nation, be godlike. Toyohiko Kagawa – Japanese christian reformer, labour unionist and pacifist (1888-1960), in his lecture before emperor Hirohito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo (February...

Foi, esperánce, cahrité

La foi voit, l’espérance va plus loin, la charité agit. attribuée à François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, dit Fénelon – théologien, philosophe, pédagogue et éthicien politique catholique français, archevêque de Cambrai de 1695 à 1715 (1651-1715) Faith sees, hope goes further, love acts. attributed to François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, known as Fénelon – a French Catholic...

Winners

It takes just a few winners to work wonders. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (2023)

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