All of the good in the world is not done by foundation donations. Much more good is done via ordinary business operations of the corporations in which they invest. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2002
Things only have the value that we give them. Molière – born Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French actor and playwright (1622-1673)
Everything happens for the best. Richard Prentice Ettinger – American publisher, inventor of the publication form “loseleaf-service” and founder of US-publisher Prentice Hall (1893-1971), from “Everything Happens for the Best” (1970), Quotations book 2002
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? Dr. Robert H. Schuller – American evangelist and reformed priest (1926-2015), Quotations book 2002
Love sees people – not as problems, better as possibilities. Dr. Robert H. Schuller – Americanisch evangelist and reformed priest (1926-2015)
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney – Americani catoonist and film producer (1901-1966), Quotations book 2002
A ship in the harbour is safe… But that”s not what the ships were made for. Wisdom – Quotations book 2002
You can find out more about someone in an hours play than during a year of discussing.. Plato – Greek philosopher (ca. 428-348 BC), Quotations book 2002
Do not pay Attention to every word People say or you may hear your servant coursing you – for you know in your heart that many times you you yourselv have cursed others. The Bible, Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 (NIV) – Quotations book 2002
Jesus Christ says: Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. The Bible, Marcus 13:31 (NIV) – Quotations book 2004 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...
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Bible, Jesaja 12:2 (KJV) – Quotations book 2002 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...
You never know the true value of a property until you have cashed the check from the sale. Claude N. Rosenberg, Jr. – American Investment consultant (1928-2008), from “Investing with the Best” (1986), Quotations book 2002
More is learned from one”s errors than from one”s successes. Primo Levi – Italian writer (1919-1987), Quotations book 2002
I think you”ll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), in “Harvard Law Bulletin” (Summer 2001), Quotations book 2002
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Thomas Stearns Eliot – English-born American writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1948 (1888-1965)
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious. Bertie Charles Forbes – American journalist and publisher (1880-1954), Quotations book 2002
Agreeable in manner, strong in substance. Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo! Claudius Aquaviva – Italian Jesuit general, Venice (1543-1615), Quotations book 2002
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt – American presidential spouse 1933-45 and philanthropist, co-writer of the UN Charta for human rights (1884-1962), Quotations book 2004