What you want in life is a young doctor and an old investment advisor: The doctor is at the peak of his knowledge when he graduates medical school and a thoughtful investment advisor should be growing in wisdom every day. Thomas "Tom" S. Gayner– American investor, CO-CEO and CIO Markel Corp (b. 1961), Quotations book...
In value investing you can improve when you’re old. You get an enormous advantage from practice in this field. Charlie Munger - Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2024
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. William H. "Bill" Gates - American Software entrepreneur, Microsoft (b. 1955), from "Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy" (1999), Quotations book 2024
Information cannot serve as an effective substitute for thinking. Bernard M. Baruch - American financier, adviser to several American presidents (1870-1965), from "Baruch: My Own Story" (1957), Quotations book 2024
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. Isaac Asimov – Russian-born American writer and biochemist (1920-1992), Quotations book 2024
Don't be afraid to admit that you do not know. William M. "Bill" Allen - American businessman, 1945-1968 CEO of Boeing (1900-1983)
Решение всегда простое. Вы просто должны найти это. Мудрость, приписываемая Александр Исаевич Солженицын - русскому писателю и диссиденту, Нобелевская премия по литературе 19170 г. (1918-2008), , Котировочная книга 2024 The solution is always simple, you just have to find it. wisdom, attributed to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn -Russian writer and dissident, Nobel Prize for Literature 1970...
We rarely understand what we see - so instead we see what we can understand. wisdom - Quotations book 2023
There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain. W. Somerset Maugham - American writer (1874-1965), from "The Summing Up" (1938)
It's OK that Certainty is the only Uncertainty. Catherine DeVrye – Australian motivational speaker and entrepreneur: Greatmotivation
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
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde - Irish writer (1854-1900), from "Lady Windermere’s Fan: A Play About a Good Woman", Third Act (1892)
There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and nuclear power: the will. attributed to Albert Einstein – German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The most important thing is not to stop asking questions. attributed to Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel prize in Physics 1921 (1879-1955)
The dumb run, the clever wait, the wise go into the garden. attributed to Rabindranath Tagore - born Robindronath Thakur, Bengali poet, Nobel Prize in literature 1913 (1861-1941)
Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant, if not the only, source of competitive advantage. Peter F. Drucker - Austrian-born American management expert (1909-2005), from "The Age of Social Transformation" ("The Atlantic Monthly", November 1994), Quotations book 2022
Dare to be wise! Begin! He who postpones the hour for living aright is a bumpkin waiting for the river to stop. Sapere aude, incipe. Vivendi qui recte prorogat horam, rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horaz) - Roman writer (65-8 B.C.), from "Epistularum liber primus" (c. 20 B.C.)
With failure comes opportunity. Glenn Llopis – Cuban-American leadership and business strategy author and consultant (b. 1966), from his book "Earning Serendipity: 4 Skills for Creating and Sustaining Good Fortune in Your Work" (2009)
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson - Pritish poet (1809-1892), from his poem "Locksley Hall" (1835, published in "Poems", 1842)
The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of the candle. Dr. Oren Harari - American business professor at the University of San Francisco and author of several management books (1949-2010)