Power of Money
To the question how money can stop wars: When two opposing sides each have enough money, the usually don”t make war. Irving Kahn – American value investor, founder of Kahn Brothers & Company, Inc. (1905-2015)
All Quotes
Fly
When you are born with wings, you should do anything you can and use them to fly. attributed to Florence Nightingale- English nurse, founder of modern nursing (1820-1910), Quotations book 2016
Expert
You ask a baker how he makes bread. You ask a billionaire how he makes money. Donald J. Trump – American company founder and politician, 2017-2021 45th president, since 2025 47th president (b. 1946), from “Trump: How To Get Rich” (2004), Quotations book 2016
Reward
The highest reward for a person”s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. attributed to John Ruskin – English writer, painter and social philosopher (1819-1900)
Education
Education is the most powerfull weapon we can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela – South African anti apartheid activist and politician, 1994-99 president, Nobel Peace Prize (1918-2013)
The Lord is on you
May the Lord go before you to lead you, May the Lord go behind you to protect you, May the Lord go beneath you to support you, May the Lord go above you to bless you, May the Lord be within you to help you rightly serve him in body, soul and spirit and sanctify his name. May the triune God bless you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen....
Sow and reap
Whatever one sows, that will he also reap. The Bible, Galatians 6:7 (ESV) – Quotations book 2016
Insight
The best vision is insight. Malcolm S. Forbes – American publisher, Forbes Magazine (1919-1990)
Values for success
– Done is better than perfect. – Move fast and break things. – The riskiest thing is to take no risks. – Focus on solving the most important problems. – Focus every day on how to build real value. – Act – don”t talk! Mark Zuckerberg – American company founder: Meta, facebook et.al. (b. 1984), from a letter to his investors about his...
Chances
You miss 100% of the shots you don”t take. Wayne Gretzky – Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1961)
Quoting better
It”s a MUCH more effective quotation to attribute it to Aristotle, rather than to Will Durant. Frank F. Herron – American lecturer for communication sciences (b. 1952) [Aristotle: Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.); Will Durant: American philosopher and priest (1885-1981)]
Making better
My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better. Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), Quotations book 2016
Hatch or go bad
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “Mere Christianity” (1952), Quotations book...
Learning from love
In order to be a jazz musician, you have to listen and listen and listen to a lot of jazz. And that’s an act of love. You don’t think, I’m listening to study it. You just listen because you love it. And you love it, and love it … and gradually, you learn. Woody Allen – American director and actor (b. 1935), from an interview with Stig Björkman, published in “Woody Allen on...
Learn from mistakes
It”s good to learn from mistakes. It”s better to learn from other people”s mistakes. Warren Buffett – American Value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2016
Habits
If you work just for money, you”ll never make it, but if you love what you”re doing and always put the customer first, success will be yours. Raymond Albert “Ray” Kroc – American company founder, who was brave enough to switch from a milk shake-machine-agent to a fast food-entreprenaur at the age of 52: McDonald”s Corp. (1902-1984), Quotations book...
Celtic Benediction
May God shield me, may God fill me, may God keep me and watch over me. May God bring me in the land of peace, to the country of the king, to the peace of eternity. Praise to the Father, praise to the Son, praise to the Spirit, the three in one. Amen. Celtic benediction