Warren Buffett
Investor, Businessman
"If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die."
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Political Philosopher, Historian
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
Che Guevara
Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader
"Words that do not match deeds are not important."
Marie Curie
Physicist, Chemist
"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a genaral responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful."
Alfred Adler
Psychologist
"Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement."
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"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people."
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"The first and the best victory is to conquer self."
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"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
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"You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do."
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"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."
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"Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life."
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"Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him."
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"I saw a sign at a gas station. It said 'help wanted'. There was another sign below it that said 'self service'. So I hired myself. Then I made myself the boss. I gave myself a raise. I paid myself. Then I quit."
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"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."
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"A moment of anger can destroy a lifetime of work, whereas a moment of love can break barriers that took a lifetime to build."
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"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose."
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"The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people."
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"I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger."
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"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."
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"It's like the more money we come across / the more problems we see."
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"I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day."
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"Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks."
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"People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get."
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"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."
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"Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail."
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