"Job security is a myth...it is also risky for self-employed people in my opinion. If they get sick, injured, or die, their income is directly impacted."
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"Few people realize that luck is created."
"So what is happiness? I am sure this question will be asked through the ages. And I doubt there is one answer for all people. Like heaven and hell, one person's happiness can be another person's unhappiness, which is why I'm not attempting to tell you what to do to find your happiness. I have enough trouble finding and hanging onto my own true happiness."
"One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen."
"Within 7 days, 75% of people will have given up on their New Year's resolutions; that's tomorrow. Evaluate yourself. Don't be one of them."
"Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited."
"Courage is the virtue that President Kennedy most admired. He sought out those people who had demonstrated in some way, whether it was on a battlefield or a baseball diamond, in a speech or fighting for a cause, that they had courage that they would stand up, that they could be counted on."
"I'm tired of chasing people."
"One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time."
"If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people."
"One of the hardest things a person who is new to the way of business thinking has to go through is the countless number of people who will say to you: "You can't do that."
"I don't know why I am internally a violent person. I don't have the normal nerve endings most people do, which was very good for me as a pilot in Viet Nam. When most people are afraid, I'm actually quite excited about things. The more dangerous something is, the happier I am."
"Leverage can come in many forms. Leverage can be your thoughts.people who win are careful with their thoughts, not saying "I can't do that." Or "it's too rosky." Or "I can't afford it." Instead they say "How can i do that?" Or how can I reduce my risk?" Or "How can I afford it?"
"Everything in life that deviates from the straight and, so to speak, normal line, makes people first curious and then indignant."
"The organic fundamental error of humanism was that it desired to educate the common people (on whom it looked down) from its lofty stance instead of trying to understand them and to learn from them."
"I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe."
"If you wish the pick of men and women, take a good bachelor and a good wife"
"If people stop liking my clothes, I'll make a record."
"I get a real kick out of it, seeing people wear my designs."
"You don't have to think exactly like me. When people go, "I don't agree with everything you say," you know what, if you agree with everything anyone says, you're an idiot."