Experience
Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. The Bible, Jeremiah 6,16 (NIV) – Quotations book 2010
All Quotes
Attitude toward money
If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life. attributed to Billy Graham – born William Franklin Graham jr., American evangelist (1918-2018), Quotations book 2010
Simplicity
Keep things simple and take them seriously – simplicity is the end result of long hard work, not the starting point. realization – Quotations book 2010
Live simply
We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess. Dr. John W. Stott – British pastor and author (1921-2011), Quotations book 2010
Property
Property is the fruit of labor – property is desirable – it is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Abraham Lincoln – American politician, 1861-65 16th president (1809-1865), from a speech at the New York Workingmen”s Democratic Republican...
Opportunities
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. William Arthur Ward – American writer (1921-1994), Quotations book 2010
Profit and cash
Net profit is an opinion. Cash is a fact. Whitney R. Tilson – American hedge fonds manager (b. 1966), Quotations book 2010
Making mistakes
A businessman once gave me some good advice. “You will always make mistakes, but it is possible to go through life making mistakes and they will do your business little or no harm. This is because the trick is to spot the mistake early and deal with it.” Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft – British entrepreneur and politician of the “Conservative Party”...
Geniusses
All geniusses are leeches, so to speak. They feed from the same source – the blood of life … We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there. Henry Miller – American writer and painter (1891-1980),...
Live
Live your life, as if you are gonna die. attributed to William Shatner – Canadian actor (b. 1931)
Truth
Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to the truth. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – American poet (1807-1882), from “The Courtship of Miles Standish” (1858)
Stay young
A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore – American actor (1882-1942), as quoted in the biography “Good Night, Sweet Prince: The Life and Times of John Barrymore” by Gene Fowler (1949)
Perfect Church
If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assenbly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself. Charles Haddon Spurgeon – English baptist pastor (1834-1892), from “Additions to the Church”, Predigt 1167 (1874)
Resolve
Resolve and thou art free. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – American poet (1807-1882), from “The Masque of Pandora”, part VI “In the Garden” (1875)
Prayers
Thy prayers are all filed in heaven, and if not immediately answered they are certainly not forgotten. Charles Haddon Spurgeon – English Baptist pastor (1834-1892), from “Morning and Evening: Daily Readings” (1866), Quotations book 2016
Decisions
Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others. Abraham Zaleznik – American professor (Harvard Business School) and social psychologist (1924-2011)
Obstacles
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. attributed to Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947)
Prowess
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn”t do. attributed to Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947)
Competition
The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his business better all the time. Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947)