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In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who read more
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived read more
A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break read more
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.
Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.
Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.
If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.
If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.
I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna read more
I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit." As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl read more
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
