Do you want to be right or happy? You can’t be both. Marshall B. Rosenberg – American psychologist and mediator, developer of the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and founder of the “Center for Nonviolent Communication” (1934-2015), Quotations book 2025
If we express our needs, we have a better chance of getting them met. Marshall B. Rosenberg – American psychologist and mediator, developer of the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and founder of the “Center for Nonviolent Communication” (1934-2015), from “Nonviolent Communication – A Language of Life” (1999), Quotations book...
The key to success is to be in the right business. Thomas S. “Tom” Murphy Sr. – American broadcast executive, former chair and CEO of Capital Cities Broadcasting/ABC Inc. (1925-2022)
Spend less than you earn. … Avoid toxic people and toxic activities. Try to keep learning all your life. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman von Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), at the Daily Journal annual meeting 2020
Recognize reality even when you don’t like it – especially when you don’t like it. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023)
Choose clients as you would choose friends. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), from “Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger” (2005)
Those of us who have been fortunate have a duty to give back. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), from “Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger” (2005), Quotations book 2025
We have a passion for keeping things simple. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), at the WESCO Annual Meeting 2002
The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights. […] And when you get a few, you really load up. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2025
The Lord did not create suffering. (…) But after man had chosen suffering in preference to the joys of union with God, the Lord turned suffering itself into a way by which man could come to the perfect knowledge of God. Thomas Merton OCSO – religious name M. Louis, American Trappist monk, writer, and mystic (1915-1968), from “No man is an island”, chapter V “The...
Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν. I was born to join in love and not to hate. Sophocles – Greek poet (469-406/405 B.C.), from his tragedy “Antigone”, line 523 (“Ἀντιγόνη”, 442 B.C.)
Difficulties are God’s curriculum for those who want to excel. Dr. Samuel R. “Sam” Chand – American senior pastor, college president, author, and mentor (b. 1952), from “Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth” (2015)
Even if it sometimes gets darker, we can be full of confidence. Because sometimes the greatest miracles happen in the dead of night. wisdom, published on the 2023 Christmas card from the Agentur David in Hamburg; text creation: Maris Kaspereit, Agentur David in Hamburg (2023), Quotations book 2025
En gång svarade jag ja till någon – eller något. Från den stunden härrör vissheten att tillvaron är meningsfylld och att mitt liv därför, i underkastelse, har ett mål. Dag H. A. C. Hammarskjöld – Svensk jurist, 1953-61 FN:s generalsekreterare, Nobels fredspris postumt 1961 (1905-1961), från en dagboksanteckning från Pingstdagen, den 21 maj 1961, publicerad i “Vägmärken”...
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. proverb, Quotations book 2025
Adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson – American writer (1803-1882), from his essay “Education”, published in “The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, volume 10: “Lectures and biographical sketches” (posthumously1883)
What I need is someone who will make me do what I can. attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson – American writer (1803-1882), Quotations book 2025
When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever. Warren Buffett – aAmerican value investor,, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in his letter to the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders (1988)
Удивительной силой обладают книги большого художника. Ты открываешь их, а они — тебя. Чинги́з Тореку́лович Айтма́тов – Кыргызский писатель (1928-2008), о творчестве казахского писателя Мухта́р Омарханович Ауэ́зов (1897-1961), из книги “Ответь себе” (1967), опубликованной в “Собрание сочинений в трёх томах”, Том 3 (1984), Котировочная книга 2025 Books of a great...
If the business earns 6% on capital over 40 years and you hold it for that 40 years, you’re not going to make much different than a 6% return—even if you originally buy it at a huge discount. Conversely, if a business earns 18% on capital over 20 or 30 years, even if you pay an expensive looking price, you’ll end up with a fine result. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire...