I wish you not a path of devoid of clouds, nor a life on a bed of roses, nor that you might never need regret, nor that you should never feel pain. No, that is not my wish for you. My wish for you is: That you may be brave in times of trial, when others lay crosses upon your shoulders. When mountains must be climbed and chasms are to be crossed; when hope scarce can shine through. That every...
Christians, like snowflakes, are fail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic. Dr. Vance Havner – American pastor and author (1901-1986)
Enduring wealth comes from owning great companies for a long time. Company Slogan of Jensen Investment Management – American asset management company
Faith is to hold on to the fact that the seemingly unanswered prayer of many years is no futile routine, but a means through which God reaches his great eternal objectives – in due course. Dr. Pamela Reeve – American theologian, Multnomah University (1916-2013)
The only sustainable competitive advantage is the ability to learn faster than the competition. Arie de Geus – Dutch author, former head of Shell International Petroleum (1930-2019)
If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done. Proverb – Quotations book 2012
Miracles are not contrary to nature only contrary to what we know about nature. in the style of Augustine of Hippo – known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctors of Church (354-430), Quotations book 2012
The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2012
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban – born Aubrey Solomon Eban, Irsaeli politician and diplomat (1915-2002), in a speech in London on December 16th, 1970, Quotations book 2012
The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward. Sir Winston L. Churchill – British politician, 1940-45 and 1951-55 Prime Minister, Nobel Prize in literature 1953 (1874-1965), from “Maxims”, March 2nd, 1944 Royal College of Physicians, London, Quotations book 2012
As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method in investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one thinks one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly believes. It is a mistake to think that one limits one’s risk by spreading too much between enterprises about which one knows little and has no reason for special confidence…...
I won”t have any money to leave behind. I won”t have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind… If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he”s travelling wrong, then my life will not be in vain. If I can do my duty as a Christian ought, if I...
One can sell anything, if it is in fashion. The problem is making it fashionable in the first place. Ernest Dichter – American social scientist, pioneer of market psychology (1907-1991), Quotations book 2012
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. often attributed to Oscar Wilde – Irish writer (1854-1900), couls not be verified in his writings, Quotations book 2012
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers. Colin Powell – American general and politician, 2001-05 Secretary of state (1937-2021), Quotations book 2012
Many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists simply to make money. While this is an important result of a company’s existence, we have to go deeper and find the real reasons for our being. People get together and exist as a company so that they are able to accomplish something collectively that they could not accomplish separately – they make a contribution to society. David...
Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, overhead walks on two legs. Felix Dennis – British publisher and company founder (b. 1947), ZQuotations book 2012
It always seems impossible until it´s done. attributed to Nelson Mandela – South African anti apartheid activist and politician, 1994-99 president, Nobel Peace Prize 1993 (1918-2013), could not be verified by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Quotations book 2012
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one’s country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter,...
Men argue; nature acts. Voltaire – born François Marie Arouet, French philosopher and writer (1694-1778), Quotations book 2012