– Do not cheat in business or you will find yourself in an early grave. – Do not fail to be fair in all things and do not kick a man when he is down. – Keep your word, for nothing is more valuable in business than a reputation for honesty and reliability. – Live below your means; save more than you spend and avoid needless display. – Avoid speculation and...
The kind of attention we bring to bear on the world changes the nature of the world we attend to. Dr. Iain McGilchrist – British psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1953), in ” The master and his emissary: The divided brain and the making of the Western world” (2009)
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. motivation, attributed to Stephen R. Covey – American writer, speaker and businessman (1932-2012)
Hands that work hard will rule. But people who are lazy will be forced to work. The bible, Proverbs 12:24 (NIRV)
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves. attributed to George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950), quoted in “The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations” (1949)
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. Martin H. Fischer – German-born American physiologist and author (1879-1962), from his article “Fischerisms” in “Encore : A Continuing Anthology” (March 1945)
True legacies are built on righteousness, not popularity. motivation
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy – American politician, 1961-63 35th president (1917-1963), in his address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt (June 25, 1963) published in “Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy (1963)
Running a business is just realizing how dumb you were 6 months ago every 6 months. Vikram Pai – Indian CEO & Co-founder of ReferRush (*b. 2003), in a message at “X”, formerly “Twitter” (June 3, 2026)
If something works, “do” more of it. If it does not work, do something different. Steve de Shazer – American psychotherapist, developer and pioneer of solution focused brief therapy (1940-2005), from “Putting Difference to Work” (1991)
You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. Stephen King – American writer (b. 1947), from “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” (2000)
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James – American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910), from “The Varieties of Religous Experience: A Study in Human Nature” (1902)
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. proverb, often attributed to Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. – American tennis player (1943-1993)
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. free by Epictetus – Greek philosopher (c.50 – c. 138), from a passage in “Discourses”, book I, chapter 24 („διατριβαί“, c. 108)
Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun. George Scialabba – American essayist and critic (b. 1948), from “The Browser: Mindplay by George Scialabba”, pubished in “Harvard magazine”, volume 86, number 4 (March-April 1984)
I’ve missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. from a “Nike” commercial, presented by Michael “Air” Jordan – American basketball player and actor (b. 1963), from “Nike Culture : The Sign...
We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Alfred Lord Tennyson – Pritish poet (1809-1892), from his poem “Ulysses” (1833, published in “Poems”,...
In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine. Benjamin Graham – born as Benjamin Großbaum, American investor and inventor of systematic stocks analysis (1894-1976), quoted by Warren Buffett (American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, b. 1930) in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders...
Where there is love there is life. Mahatma Gandhi – Indian politician (1869-1948), in “Young India” from May 5th, 1920
Siue taceas, dilectione taceas; siue clames, dilectione clames; siue emendes, dilectione emendes; siue parcas, dilectione parcas. If you are silent, be silent because of love; if you shout, shout because of love; if you correct, correct because of love; if you spare, spare because of love. Augustine of Hippo – known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one...