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Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.
Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment read more
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives read more
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often read more
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine read more
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of read more
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.
Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.