Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.

I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.

If we devote our time disparaging the products of our business rivals, we hurt business generally, reduce confidence, and increase read more

If we devote our time disparaging the products of our business rivals, we hurt business generally, reduce confidence, and increase discontent.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find read more

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it.

The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside read more

The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left. Let's bring it inside! Not a formula for long-term survival. Now if they had formed a task force to study the Trojan Horse and report back to a committee, everyone wouldn't have been massacred.. Who says middle management is useless?

Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little you read more

Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little you have.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.

Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides read more

Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics.