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Make use of success

Who rests on the success of a good article, leaves the field open to the competitors for improvements and runs the risk to bore his regular coustumers. Inge G. Thulin - Swedish manager, Chairman and CEO at 3M (b. 1953)

Get up

The one who falls and gets up is so much stronger than the one who never fell. Alain Horoit (Mr. Never Give Up) - Belgian entrepreneur and motivational speaker (b. 1969)

New paths

It is better to stumble on new paths than to make no headway on the old tracks. Jochen Mariss - German author, photographer and designer (b. 1955)

Leaving trails

I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail. Muriel Strode - American poet (1875-1964), from "My Little Book of Prayer" (1904)

External perception

When as a young and unknown man I started to be successful I was referred to as a gambler. My operations increased in scope and volume. Then I was known as a speculator. The sphere of my activities continued to expand and I am presently known as a banker. Actually I have been doing the same thing all the time. attributed to Sir Ernest Cassel - born in Cologne as Ernst Cassel, British...

Inflation

The most important thing to remember is that inflation is not an act of God, that inflation is not a catastrophe of the elements or a disease that comes like the plague. Inflation is a policy. Ludwig von Mises - Austrian economist (1881-1973), from "Economic Policy; Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow" (1979)

Luck

Golf is a game of luck. The more I practice, the luckier I get. Proverb in golfing

Friendship

Friendship is like a track on the sand, it vanishes if not consistently re-done. from Kamerun

Think

Rather think an hour about money than work an hour for money. Proverb in finance

Smile

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. Sprichwort - published in Frank Leslie`s Sunday Magazine, book 13 (1883)

Courage

Success is not final, failure not fatal, it"s the courage to continue that counts. Proverb

Happiness

Happiness is a perfume that one cannot shed over another without a few drops falling on oneself. American proverb

Change the world

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you. Laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion. William Makepeace Thackeray - English romancier (1811-1863), from "Vanity Fair" (1848)

Big jobs

Big jobs generally go to men who prove their ability to outgrow smaller jobs. American proverb

Opportunities

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. Demosthenes - Greek speaker and politician (384-322 B.C.)

Courage

Courage doesn"t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says: I"ll try again tomorrow. Mary Anne Radmacher - American writer, artist and speaker (b. 1957)

Measure of success

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it"s the same problem you had last year. attributed to John Foster Dulles - American politician, 1953-59 Secretary of State (1888-1959)

Leader and boss

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives. Theodore Roosevelt - American politician, 1901-09 26th president, Nobel Peace Prize 1906 (1858-1919), from his speech in Birmingham, New York, on October 24th, 1910