Give
All you have shall some day be given; therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors. Khalil Gibran – Lebanese Maronite poet, philosopher and artist, aka Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Quotations book 2009
All Quotes
Free market economy
The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion is; it only cares whether they can produce something you want to buy. It is the most effective system we have discovered to enable people who hate one another to deal with one another and help one another.. Milton Friedman – American economist, Nobel Memorial...
Form
We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us. Sir Winston L. Churchill – British politician, 1940-45 and 1951-55 Prime Minister, Nobel Prize in literature 1953 (1874-1965), in his speech to the reconstruction of the House of Commons, Quotations book 2009
Succesful investment
The only investment I ever made which has paid consistently increasing dividends is the money I have given to the Lord.. attributed to James L. Kraft – American entrepreneur, founder of J.L. Kraft & Bros., today Kraft Foods Inc. (1874-1953), Quotations book 2009
Stay with a problem
It”s not that I am smart, it”s just that I stay with problems longer. Wisdom – often falsely attributed to Albert Einstein, Quotations book 2009
The golden rule
As you give, so shall you receive! Phrase, following the Bile (Matthew 7:12 and Lucas 6:31) – Quotations book 2009
The right moment
Being prepared means much, being able to wait means more, but to make use of the right moment means everything. Arthur Schnitzler – Austrian writer (1862-1931), from “Buch der Sprüche und Bedenken” (1927), Quotations book 2009
Characters
The world consists of those who make things happen, those who watch something happening, and those who ask what happened. Norman R. Augustine – American manager, former CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation (b. 1935), Quoations book 2009
Change agents
We are change agents, we change managers into entrepreneurs, we teach them long-term thinking. Henry Kravis – American private equity manager: KKR (b. 1944), Quotations book 2009
Possession
If you own something you cannot give away, then you don”t own it, it owns you. attributed to Albert Schweitzer – German-born French missionary and doctor, Nobel Peace Prize 1952 (1875-1965), Quotations book 2009
Calling
If you make your calling your profession you don”t work, you live. Michael Flatley – Irish-born American dancer and choreographer (b. 1958), Quotations book 2009
Conversion
There are three conversions: first the head, then of the heart, and finally of the pocketbook.. attributed to Martin Luther- German reformer (1483-1546), Quotations book 2009
Invest
CFO asks CEO: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us?” CEO asks CFO: “What happens if we don”t, and they stay?” Stefan Erschwendner – Austrian Business Consultant and Company founder (b. 1982), Quotations book 2015
Possibilities
There are more possibilities in the universe than one can imagine. chosen by Sir John Marks Templeton – value investor and philanthropist (1912-2008)
Risk
Risk comes from not knowing what you”re doing. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2002
Bad business
After some other mistakes, I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire. We”ve never succeeded in making a good deal with a bad person. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), Quotations books 2002 + 2006
Motivation
You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. Eric S. Raymond – founder of the “Open Source” movement (b. 1957), Quotations book 2006
Knowledge worker
The most important, and indeed the truly unique, contribution of management in the 20th century was the fifty-fold increase in the productivity of the manual worker in manufacturing. The most important contribution management needs to make in the 21st century is similarly to increase the productivity of knowledge work and the knowledge worker.. Peter F. Drucker – Austrian-born American...
Working for money
Taking a job for money is like marrying for money, which is especially dumb if you are already rich. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2006
Performance
It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different from the majority. Sir John Marks Templeton – value investor and philanthropist (1912-2008), Quotations book 2006