Keep it simple
One of the greatest ways to avoid trouble is to keep it simple. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), at the "Wesco Financial" Annual meeting (2008)
Problems
Questioning
You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023)
Optimist
An optimist always finds a way – A pessimist always finds a dead end. Napoleon Hill - American writer: "Think And Grow Rich" (1883-1970)
War
Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies and debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence...
Self-critical
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in an interview with "The Telegraph" ("My elephant gun is loaded", 22.9.2002), Quotations book 2020
Who looks for wind, has to stand for storms
Is there any ocean upon which a ship can sail in which it shall be quite sure that no storms will arise? Charles Haddon Spurgeon - English Baptist pastor (1834-1892), from his sermon #2098 "Where Are You Going?" (August 4th, 1889), Quotations book 2020
Result extenuation
If you call a dog’s tail a "leg", how many legs does it have? Four, because calling a tail a "leg" doesn’t make it one. proverd, used by Abraham Lincoln – American politician, 1861-65 16th president (1809-1865), abolished slavery in 1863; the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield (Illinois) called his authorship most unlikely
Courage
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from "Pudd"nhead Wilson" (Chapter XII, 1894)
Good societies
Good societies can survive people doing immoral things. But a good society cannot survive if it calls immoral things moral. Dennis M. Prager – American radio talk show host and writer, founder and president of "PragerU" (b. 1948)
Urgent or important
‘I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent. wisdom of a former college president, quoted by Dwight David Eisenhower - American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in his address to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Evanston, Illinois (Augsut 19,...
Present
Especially whenever our affairs seem to be in crisis, we are almost compelled to give our first attention to the urgent present rather than to the important future. Dwight David Eisenhower - American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in his address to the Century Association (December 7, 1961)
Timing
It"s much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), quoted in "The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros" (2013)
The crisis
Do not pretend that things will change if we always do the same. The crisis is the best blessing that can happen to people and countries, because the crisis brings progress. Creativity is born from the distress, as the day is born from the dark night. It is in crisis that invention, discovery and large strategies are born. Who ever overcomes crisis, outdoes himself without being overcome. Who...
Innovative Interaction
For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. Margaret Heffernan – American entrepreneur, author and speaker (b. 1955)
False estimation
Most people ignore probabilities and exaggerate risk. Ralf Wanger - American fund manager (b. 1934), from "A Zebra in Lion Country" (1999)
Elections in times of a rebellion
The present rebellion brought our republic to a severe test; and a presidential election occurring in regular course during the rebellion added not a little to the strain. If the loyal people, united, were put to the utmost of their strength by the rebellion, must they not fail when divided, and partially paralyzed, by a political war among themselves? But the election was a necessity. We can...
Patience
I will put out the fire of anger with the water of patience. ཁོང་ཁྲོའི་མེ་ལ་བཟོད་པའི་ཆུས་བྲན་པ Tibetan proverb
Perceptions
The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. L.-P. Jacks - British pastor and university professor (1860-1955), Quotations book 2004
Humility instead of arrogance
Wealth is not the problem, but the arrogance that often accompanies it and conversely, poverty is not a blessing, but the humility which often accompanies it is. following Johan Chrysostom – born Johan of Antioch, Greek Doctor of Church, 398-407 Archbishof of Constantinopel (344 or 349-407), Quotations book 2017
The right perspective
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts the sails. American proverb - Quotations book 2017