Obviously, what motivates a businessman is profits. But what gives us comfort and – why not say it? – makes us proud, is to see that our business activities are making a contribution to the economic and social development of the country. Olacyr Francisco de Moraes – Brazilian entrepreneur, who offers a free healthcare at his firmbranches (1931-2015), Quotations book...
When things go wrong as they sometimes will. When the road you”re trudging seems all up hill. When funds are low and the debts are high. And you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit. Rest, if you must, but don”t you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns. As everyone of us sometimes learns. And many a fellow turns about When he might...
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us most. We ask ourselves: who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn”t save the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so...
Philanthropy, while meritorious, on a large scale becomes a political act: the tycoon who extracts a fortune from the public to build a museum in one place rather than another has not created new beauty, only imposed his priorities on society. John Train – American author and investor (1928-2022)
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered, LOVE THEM ANYWAY! If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives, DO GOOD ANYWAY! If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies, SUCCEED ANYWAY! The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow, DO GOOD ANYWAY! Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable, BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY! What you spent years...
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Sir Winston L. Churchill – British politician, 1940-45 and 1951-55 Prime Minister, Nobel Prize in literature 1953 (1874-1965), from his speech at Harrow School (October 29th, 1941), Quotations...
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient. If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence. If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate. If a...
My material success was not to be attributed to what I have known or done myself, but to the faculty knowing and choosing others who did know better than myself. Precious knowledge this for any man to posses. I did not understand (for example) steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism – man. Andrew Carnegie – Scottish-born American...
The best index to a persons character is (a) how he treats people who can”t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can”t fight back. Abigail van Buren – born Pauline Esther Friedman, American advice columnist (1918-2013), Quotations book 2003
We never know the worth of water “til the well is dry. Proverb – Quotations book 2005
We back jockeys, not horses. Motto of venture investors – Quotations book 2005
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy – American politician, 1961-63 35th president (1917-1963), Quotations book...
In God we trust, all others bring data. Prof. Dr. William Edwards Deming – founder of “Total Quality”-movement (1900-1993), Quotations book 2005
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. Herbert C. Hoover – American politician, 1929-33 31st president (1874-1964), Quotations book 2005
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? The Bible, Matthew 16:26 (N. N.) – Quotations book 2005
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight David Eisenhower – American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), Quotations book 2005
For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinions without the discomfort of thougt. John F. Kennedy – American politician,...
As partial owners of a dozen plus companies we are by necessity absentee owners. Consequently, our first and overriding task in evaluating an investment is to determine whether management would work for us. Would they do what an owner with a long-term view would do with their knowledge of the business? Arthur D. Clarke – American Investment Advisor (b. 1942), Quotations...
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to discover it in himself. Galileo Galilei – Italian astronomist und physicist (1564-1642), Quotations book 2005
More fortunes are made by sitting on good securities for years at a time than by active trading. Philip L. Carret – American investor, founder of Pioneer Fund (1896-1998), Quotations book 2005