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"Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net."
"People are best convinced by things they themselves discover."
"The future of network marketing is unlimited. There's no end in sight. It will continue to grow because better people are getting into it . . . soon, it will be one of the most respected business methods in the world."
"We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies."
"Man's ignorance of the Law of Love in personal and world relationships will not serve as an excuse to save him from disaster. Wealth cannot be acquired from others by might, for wealth thus taken will impoverish him who takes anything which is not given. Nor can power be thus acquired, for the weakness of the despoiled will prevail against the might of the despoiler."
"Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman."
"The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism."
"A good leader is always looking for people smarter and more experienced than they are. If you are the smartest one in the room, then you are stupid."
"Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."
"To lead people, walk behind them."
"Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you're both engaged in the same business - you know they're doing something that you aren't."
"Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3."
"Adopt and change before any major trends or changes."
"Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do."
"If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large."
"Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be."
"I don't like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. You want that, you can go into show business."
"It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way."
"He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own."
"If you're too focused on your current business, it's hard to change and concentrate on innovating."
