"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
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"I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one."
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"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action."
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"Marketing is not only much broader than selling, it is not a specialized activity at all. It encompasses the entire business. It is the whole business seen from the point of view of its final result, that is, from the customer's point of view."
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"There is no amount of money in the world that will make you comfortable if you are not comfortable with yourself."
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"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time."
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"Expect the best, Prepare for the worst."
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"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."
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"A goal is a dream with a deadline."
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"The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision."
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"In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to."
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"Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac's talents didn't extend to investing: He lost a bundle in the South Sea Bubble, explaining later, 'I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.' If he had not been traumatized by this loss, Sir Isaac might well have gone on to discover the Fourth Law of Motion: For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases."
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"Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers."
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"The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues."
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"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
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"Never invest in a business you can't understand"
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"Sell the benefit, not your company or the product. People buy results, not features."
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"Creditors have better memories than debtors."
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"You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay."
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"The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money."
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