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"Conformity can be costly in a world of uncertainty which requires innovative institutional creation because no one can know the right path to survival. Over time, the richer the cultural context in terms of providing multiple experimentation and creative competition, the more likely the successful survival of the society"
"Under the antitrust laws, a man becomes a criminal from the moment he goes into business, no matter what he does. If he complies with one of these laws, he faces criminal prosecution under several others. For instance, if he charges prices which some bureaucrats judge as too high, he can be prosecuted for monopoly or for a successful 'intent to monopolize'; if he charges prices lower than those of his competitors, he can be prosecuted for 'unfair competition' or 'restraint of trade'; and if he charges the same prices as his competitors, he can be prosecuted for 'collusion' or 'conspiracy.'"
"There’s nothing you’ve ever been successful at that you didn’t work on every day."
"A firm that continues to employ a previously successful strategy eventually and inevitably falls victim to a competitor."
"If you want to be great and successful, choose people who are great and successful and walk side by side with them."
"All successful people learn that success is buried on the other side of frustration."
"To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game."
"Successful people ask questions. They seek new teachers. They're always learning."
"No matter what your current condition, how or where you grew up, or what education or training you feel you lack, you can be successful in your chosen endeavor. It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start."
"Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual dimension with its impulses for nonviolence, justice and equality. He exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry."
"I'm a guy who tries to be successful in all that I do, and when you fall short, it hurts."
"One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, “If it is to be, it is up to me.” That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn’t mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility for your life and your career."
"You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care. If you do what other successful people do, you will enjoy the same results and rewards that they do. And if you don't, you won't."
"[On Washington, D.C.:] a town of successful men and the women they married before they were successful."
"If you are not successful, that means you're not making enough mistakes."
"If you want to be successful on the right side, when it comes to money, you have got to know the difference between facts and opinions. You must know numbers. You must know the facts."
"It's very simple: The more successful you are, the more you'll earn. But if you're not successful, you will not earn a dime."
"It is never too late to be who you might have been. It is always possible"
"One thing that I'd just remind young people of is that when John Lewis, who's a member of Congress today, defied George Wallace and led the march from Selma to Montgomery, he was 23 years old. Martin Luther King was the old man in the bunch, and he was 35, so young people need to know that they've always been an important part of our society, have always been at the forefront of pushing for a more just America, and we can't be successful without the impatience, the vigor that young people bring to the fight for social justice."
"An imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation."
