Empower
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. attributed to William H. “Bill” Gates – American Software entrepreneur, Microsoft (b. 1955)
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Traditional
We make our money the old fashioned way: we earn it. Business-Slogan – used by the Wall Street financial Service Smith Barney & Co.
Andrew Carnegie’s “Formula for Success”
1. Definiteness of purpose: Direct energy towards achieving your goals. 2. Always have a positive mental attitude. 3. Have faith in your own capabilities. 4. Go the extra mile. Give more service than expected. 5. Take initiative to turn desire into action. 6. Use your imagination to seek new and better ways of doing things. 7. Discipline yourself. 8. Organise your thinking. 9. Learn from your...
Be yourself
Det Store er ikke at være Dette eller Hiint, men at være sig selv. The greatness is not to be this or that but to be oneself. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard – Danish Protestant theologian an philosopher (1813-1855), known as one of the most important academics in Denmark; from “Either – Or. A Life Fragment” (1843), Quotations book...
The great
Don”t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great. Wisdom, often attributed to John D. Rockefeller – American oil magnate, sundays school teacher at at his time richest man of the world (1839-1937)
Perspective
Don”t complain about thorns among the roses, but look for the roses among the thorns. Proverb – Quotations book 2014
Positive attitude
Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren”t defeated by it. You”re learning from it. William H. “Bill” Gates – American Software entrepreneur, Microsoft (b. 1955), Quotations book 2014
Quality
Quality means doing the right thing, when no one is watching. Wilhelm K. Meurer – German-born Canadian businessman, aphorisat and publicist (1934-2018), Quotations book 2014
Doing the right
Do what is right not what is easy. Slogan by Mylan Inc. – Quotations book 2014
Focus
The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2015
Investment success
Investment success will not be produced by arcane formulae, computer programs or signals flashed by the price behavior of stocks and markets. Rather an investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions that swirl about the marketplace. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of...
Yardstick
The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard. I always pose it this way, I say: “Lookit. Would you rather be the world’s greatest lover, but have everyone think you’re the world’s worst lover? Or would you rather be the world’s worst lover but have everyone think you’re...
Courage
With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least 10 per cent of your net worth in that stock. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2015
Front page test
When you get out of bed in the morning and think about what you want to do that day, ask yourself whether you”d like others to read about it on the front page of tomorrow”s newspaper. You”ll probably do things a little differently if you keep that in mind. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations...
Love
There is no power on earth like unconditional love. If you offer that to your child you”re 90 percent of the way home. There may be days when you don”t feel like it – it”s not uncritical love; that”s a different animal – but to know you can always come back, that is huge in life. That takes you a long, long way. And I would say that every parent out there...
Future
The future is never clear. You pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus. Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long-term values. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2014
Questions
Wise investors recognize that success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions. Sir John Marks Templeton – value investor and philanthropist (1912-2008), Quotations book 2014
Bargains
If you”re going to buy the best bargains, you have to buy the things that people are selling. Sir John Marks Templeton – value investor and philanthropist (1912-2008), Quotations book 2014
Priorities
Life is short. Spend time with people who give chocolate. Josh Harcus – American internet entrepreneur (b. 1989), Quotations book 2014
Beauty in things
Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them. David Hume – Scottish philosopher, economist and hisorian (1711-1776), from “Of the Standard of Taste” (1757), Quotations book 2014