Truth makes free
Jesus Christ says: The truth will set you free. The Bible, John 8:32 (NIV) – Quotations book 2020
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Unconventionally successful
Unconventional behavior is the only road to superior investment results, but it isn”t for everyone. In addition to superior skill, successful investing requires the ability to look wrong for a while and survive some mistakes. Howard S. Marks – American investor, Co-Chairman Oaktree Capital Management (b. 1946), in his memo to Oclients (April 8th 2014), Quotations book...
Unique
I am created to do something or to be something for which no one else is created; I have a place in God”s counsels, in God”s world, which no one else has; whether I be rich or poor, despised or esteemed by man, God knows me and calls me by my name. John Henry Cardinal Newman – English Catholic clergyman (1801-1890), from his meditation “Hope in God—Creator” fom...
Watchword 2020
I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief! The Bible, Marcus 9:24 (NIV) – Quotations book 2020 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!...
Who looks for wind, has to stand for storms
Is there any ocean upon which a ship can sail in which it shall be quite sure that no storms will arise? Charles Haddon Spurgeon – English Baptist pastor (1834-1892), from his sermon #2098 “Where Are You Going?” (August 4th, 1889), Quotations book 2020
любовь
Любить — видеть человека таким, каким его задумал Бог. Мари́на Ива́новна Цвета́ева – Русский Люрикер (1892-1941), в журнале (3-го октябpя 1918 г.), Цитата буклет 2020 To love someone means to see him as God intended him. Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva – Russian poet (1892-1941), from a diary notice (October 3rd, 1918), Quotations book...
Give
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose. Philip James “Jim” Elliot – American evangelical Christian missionary in Ecuador, killed by the Huaorani people (1927-2956), in “To Carry the Light Farther: A Story of Faith, Sacrifice and Cultural Conflict in the Jungles of Ecuador” (1946)
Courage for truth
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. wisdom
Result extenuation
If you call a dog’s tail a “leg”, how many legs does it have? Four, because calling a tail a “leg” doesn’t make it one. proverd, used by Abraham Lincoln – American politician, 1861-65 16th president (1809-1865), abolished slavery in 1863; the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield (Illinois) called his authorship most...
Dream
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. Yōko Ono – American artist and musicien (b. 1933), quoted by husband John Lennon (British musician and composer, 1940-1980) in an interview in December 1980, published in “All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono” (2000)
Goals
If you would live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. Albert Einstein – German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)
Think like an owner
Shares are not mere pieces of paper. They represent part ownership of a business. So, when contemplating an investment, think like a prospective owner. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930)
Keep in move
Beware of balance. Michael Charles “Mike” Yaconelli – American writer, theologian and satirist, co-founder and owner of Youth Specialties (1942-2003), in “Messy Spirituality” (2002)
Act of God
It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us. Prof. Stephen Hawking – American physicist (1942-2018), from “A Brief History of Time” (1988)
Why
The two most important days of a man’s life are the day on which he was born and the day on which he discovers why he was born. wisdom – quoted in a sermon by Ernest T. Campbell, American pastor (1923-2010), at the Riverside Church, New York (January 25th, 1970)
Unterstanding
Our intellect extends to the infinite in understanding. Intellectus noster ad infinitum in intelligendo extenditur. Thomas Aquinas – Italian philosopher and theologian (1224/25-1274), from “Summa contra Gentiles” I, cap. 43, n. 10 (circa 1260)
Bonum vero commune
Bonum vero commune summam complectitur earum vitae socialis condicionum, quibus homines, familiae et consociationes, suam ipsorum perfectionem plenius atque expeditius consequi possint. Indeed, the common good embraces the sum of those conditions of the social life whereby men, families and associations more adequately and readily may attain their own perfection. Second Vatican Council...
Leadership
Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership. attributed to Peter F. Drucker – Austrian-born American management expert (1909-2005), could not be verified absolutely certain by the Drucker Institute”s Archive
Luxury
Luxury is not the opposite of poverty. It is the opposite of vulgarity. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel – French Fashion designer and businesswoman (1883-1971), during an interview with Georg Stefan Troller in “Pariser Gespräche” (1968)