Clear goals
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia
Enthousiasm
Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman…
Conrad Hilton, hotelier and grandfather
Conrad Hilton, hotelier and grandfather
Survival
It is not the intellect that survives but the one who is able to adapt best to the changing environment.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Marriage and carreer
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
Lawyers
A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
Don Corleone, in The Godfather
Don Corleone, in The Godfather
Bush on leadership
I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
George W Bush
George W Bush
Leadership
Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Manual on military leadership
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Manual on military leadership
The roots of violence
The Roots of Violence:
Wealth without work,
Pleasure without conscience,
Knowledge without character,
Commerce without morality,
Science without humanity,
Worship without sacrifice,
Politics without principles.
Mahatma Ghandi
Wealth without work,
Pleasure without conscience,
Knowledge without character,
Commerce without morality,
Science without humanity,
Worship without sacrifice,
Politics without principles.
Mahatma Ghandi
The right attitude
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Authenticity
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Banks...
Budget
We didn't actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.
Keith Davis
Keith Davis
Growing people
Treat people as if they were what they ougth to be and you help them become what they are capable of being
Goethe
Goethe
Big shot - little shot
The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.
Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar
Capitalism vs communism
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.
J. K. Galbraith
J. K. Galbraith
Two rules for success
There are two rules for success:
1) Never tell everything you know.
Roger H. Lincoln
1) Never tell everything you know.
Roger H. Lincoln
Opportunities and pitfalls
Summing up, it is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.
Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates"
Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates"
Banking problems
If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
JM Keynes
JM Keynes
Advertising budget
I know that half of my advertising dollars are wasted ... I just don't know which half.
John Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Fool
You can fool some of the people all of the time,
and all of the people some of the time,
but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
quote by Abraham Lincoln
and all of the people some of the time,
but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
quote by Abraham Lincoln
The dictionary
The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.
Hard work is the price we must pay for success.
I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
Vince Lombardi
(Thanks Leen !)
Hard work is the price we must pay for success.
I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
Vince Lombardi
(Thanks Leen !)
The truth
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895
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