In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia
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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
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enthousiasm
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
Bush on leadership
I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
George W Bush
George W Bush
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leadership
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
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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
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attitude
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
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authenticity
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
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action
Capitalism vs communism
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.
J. K. Galbraith
J. K. Galbraith
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capitalism
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communism
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
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success
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"
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opportunity
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
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bank
Advertising budget
I know that half of my advertising dollars are wasted ... I just don't know which half.
John Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
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advertising
Faith
Faith is taking the first step even if you don't see the whole staircase
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King
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confidence
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
quote by Abraham Lincoln
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honesty
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 !)