Liberty
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton – English historian, liberal catholic and journalist (1834-1904), Quotations book 2013
All Quotes
Best wishes
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. Wish, Quotations book 2013
Commerce
The pursuit of commerce reconciles nations, calms wars, strengthens peace, and commutes the private good of individuals into the common benefit of all. (…) Commerce penetrates the secret places of the world, approaches shores unseen, explores fearful wildernesses, and in tongues unknown…carries on the trade of mankind. Hugh of St. Victor – Christian medieval theologian...
Information
The most successful person is usually the one with the best information. Benjamin Disraeli – English writer and politician, 1868 and 1874-80 Prime Minister (1804-1881), Quotations book 2013
World’s value
The ordinary gives the world its existence, the extraordinary its value. attributed to Oscar Wilde – Irish writer (1854-1900), Quotations book 2016
Hope
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde – Irish writer (1854-1900), from “Lady Windermere’s Fan: A Play About a Good Woman” (1892)
Speed
I”ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team. Lee Iacocca – American entrepreneur, savior of Chrysler (1924-2019)
Team
In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words, people, product and profits. Unless you”ve got a good team, you can”t do much with the other two. Lee Iacocca – American entrepreneur, savior of Chrysler (1924-2019), Quotations book 2016
Key to success
The key to success is not information, it”s people. Lee Iacocca – American entrepreneur, savior of Chrysler (1924-2019)
Ideas
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can”t get them across, your ideas won”t get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca – American entrepreneur, savior of Chrysler (1924-2019), Quotations book 2013
Work
The higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, also. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur`s Court” (1889), Chapter XXVIII, Quotations book 2013
Watchword 2013
Here we have no lasting city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. The Bible, Hebrew 13:14 (NRSV) – Quotations book 2013 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...
Love
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King jr. – American civil rights activist and pastor, Nobel Peace Prize 1964 (1929-1968), Quotations book 2013
Foolish
Stay hungry, stay foolish! You´ve got to find what you love. Steve Jobs – American company founder, Apple (1955-2011), to graduates at Stanford University on June 12th, 2005, Quotations book 2016
Passion
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), to graduates at Stanford University on June 12th, 2005, Quotations books 2013 + 2026
Art of business
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Andy Warhol – American artist (1928-1987)
Press coverage
Don”t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. Andy Warhol – American artist (1928-1987), Quotations book 2013
Ordinary
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. attributed to Thomas More – English politician and humanistic writer (1478-1535), Quotations book 2013
Altruism
If you can”t feed 100 people, then feed just one. Wisdom, often attributed to Mother Teresa – born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Albanian-born Indian nun and order’s founder, Nobel Peace Prize (1910-1997), could not be verified by the Mother Teresa Center, Quotations book 2013
Sit and think
We both insist on a lot of time being available almost every day to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. We read and think. So Warren and I do more reading and thinking and less doing than most people in business. We do that because we like that kind of life. But we´ve turned that quirk into a positive outcome for ourselves. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of...