Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie - born Dale Carnagey, American author and personality coach (1888-1955), in the column "Being Discouraged Never Pays" in "The Marshall News Messenger" (29 January 1942), Quotations book 2023
Лишний порядок - это тоже беспорядок. Русская мудрость - котировочный буклет 2023 Excessive order is also disorder. Russian wisdom - Quotations book 2023
Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), to students at the Columbia University (c. 2002), Quotations book 2023
The first rule of compounding: Never interrupt it unnecessarily. Morgan E. Housel – American investor and writer, partner at "Collaborative Fund" (b. 1983), from "The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness" (2020), Quotations book 2023
Financial success is not a hard science. It's a soft skill, where how you behave is more important than what you know. Morgan E. Housel – American investor and writer, partner at "Collaborative Fund" (b. 1983), from "The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness" (2020), Quotations book 2023
The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Daniel Jay "Dan" Millman - American trampoline gymnast (World Champion 1964) and motivational author (b. 1946), from the fictionalized memoir "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" (1980), often falsely attributed to the Greel philosopher Socrates (469-399 B.C.) due to the similarity of the novel...
A good half of the art of living is resilience. Alain de Botton – British-Swiss philosopher and author (b. 1969), Quotations book 2023
Problem talk creates problems, solution talk creates solutions. Steve de Shazer - American psychotherapist, developer and pioneer of solution focused brief therapy (1940-2005), from "Putting Difference to Work" (1991), Quotations book 2023
Les fléaux, en effet, sont une chose commune, mais on croit difficilement aux fléaux lorsqu'ils vous tombent sur la tête. Il y a eu dans le monde autant de pestes que de guerres. Et pourtant pestes et guerres trouvent les gens toujours aussi dépourvus. Albert Camus – écrivain et philosophe français, prix Nobel de littérature en 1957 (1913-1960), de "La Peste" (1947), brochure de citations...
You can't replace reading with other sources of information like videos, because you need to read in order to write well, and you need to write in order to think well. Paul Graham – English-born American computer scientist, entrepreneur and author (b. 1964), in a "Twitter" message from November 16th, 2021, Quotations book 2023
What life does to us depends on what life finds in us. Warren W. Wiersbe - American Christian writer, Bible teacher and clergyman (1929-2019), Quotations book 2023
You are the God who sees me. The Bible, Genesis 16:13 (NIV) The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) - he belonged to the Confessing Church - decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists...
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. Muhammad Ali - born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., American boxer (1942-2016), in a "Facebook" message (10.11.2014), Quotations book 2023
Times of adversity and customer screw-ups may be the only times when you can really show your customers how much you love them. Malcolm B. Decker - American copy writer (for "Wall Street Journal" and others) and company founder (1927-2015), Quotations book 2023
The secret to investing is to figure out the value of something – and then pay a lot less. Joel Greenblatt - American hedge fonds manager and honorary professor at Columbia University (b. 1957), from "The Big Secret for the Small Investor: A New Route to Long-Term Investment Success" (2011), Quotations book 2023
I am particularly keen on investment theses that the market is reluctant to accept. These are usually the strongest. Remember the saying, "The market climbs a wall of worry." George Soros – American macro hedge fonds manager and philanthropist (b. 1930), from "Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve" (1995), Quotations book 2023
Everyone has an idea but it's really about executing the idea and building the idea and attracting other people to help you work on the idea. Jack Dorsey – American entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of "Twitter" (b. 1979), in an interview mit "CBS News" (May 6th, 2012), Quotations book 2023
Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Guy Kawasaki - American company founder, venture capitalist, author and marketing evangelist (b. 1954), Quotations book 2023
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. Grace B. M. Hopper - American compoter pioneer, member of the US Navy (1906-1992), Quotations book 2023
Happiness is not the absence of problems. It's the ability to deal with them. Steve Maraboli - American motivational speaker and behavior coach (b. 1975), from a message on "Twitter" (20 April 2016)