Key to success
I don”t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. attributed to Bill Cosby – born William Henry Cosby, American actor, singer and author (b. 1937)
All Quotes
Money
We can either use our money to serve God or God will be our money. Denny (b. 1951) and Leesa (b. 1955) Bellesi – founders of “The Kingdom Assignment”, Quotations book 2018
Time management
Time management, really deciding what are the things that count, is a real skill that takes time to learn. it took me a lot of time to get that right. attributed to William H. “Bill” Gates – American Software entrepreneur, Microsoft (b. 1955)
What expenditures tell you
Give me five minutes with a persons checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is. attributed to Billy Graham – born William Franklin Graham jr., American evangelist (1918-2018)
Motivation
Do what you love. attributed to Ted Koppel – born Edward James Koppel, American journalist (b. 1940)
Contentment
He who is not contented with what he has, will not be contented with what he doesn”t have. attributed to Socrates – Greek philosopher (469-399 B.C.)
Possessions
The world asks, what does a man own? Christ, how does he use it? Andrew Murray – South African priest and writer (1828-1917), from “Money” (1900)
Bargains
Find bargains and maintain discipline; if you can not find bargains stay in cash. Francis Chou — Canadian fund manager, Fund Manager of the Decade 2004 (b. 1956)
Give away
Everything we have is really loaned to us; we can”t take anything with us when we depart. If we have no use for a thing, we should pass it on to someone else who can use it – now. attributed to Norma S. Scholl
Give God the credit
A lot of people are willing to give God the credit, but not too many are willing to give him the cash. Wisdom
Sympathy with suffering
It is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering, than it is to have sympathy with thought. Accordingly, with admirable though misdirected intentions, they very seriously and very sentimentally set themselves to the task of remedying the evils that they see. But their remedies do not cure the disease, they merely prolong it. Indeed, their remedies are part of the disease.. Oscar Wilde...
Independence
You can”t do right in investments unless you think independently. And the truth is, you”re neither right nor wrong because people agree with you. You”re right because your facts and your reasoning are right.. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930),Quotations book 2004
Contrarian
Be fearful when the world is greedy and be greedy when the world is fearful.. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2004
Donors motivation
It gives me a good feeling. Walter Annenberg – American philanthropist, who donated paintings worth 1 Billion $ to the New York Metropolitan Museum on his motivation (1908-2002), Quotations book 2004
Donate
What I discovered is that you”ve got to put in the same amount of work, and exercise the same degree of judgement, in giving money away as you do in making it.. William H. “Bill” Gates – American software entrepreneur, Microsoft (b. 1955), Quotations book 2004
Contentment
Never complain, never explain. life”s philosophy of the english aristocracy – Quotations book 2004
Sympathy
Our record of persuading decent, intelligent people to stop doing dumb things is very poor. (Munger added, “Worse than poor.”) When people want to do something, they do it. When someone rises to be CEO, he doesn”t want to hear a shareholder telling him that his latest idea is dumb. It”s better to be in a business with management you”re simpatico with than in a...
Sitting in the shade
Someone”s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2002
World
When you rule your mind, you rule your world. Bill Provost – America loan consultant, chosen by Sir John Marks Templeton, value investor and philanthropist (1912-2008), Quotations book 2002
Faults
Love has the patience to endure the fault we cannot cure. J. Jelinek – Chosen by Sir John Marks Templeton, value investor and philanthropist (1912-2008), Quotations book 2002