"A leader is a dealer in hope"
"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools"
"Imagination rules the world"
"Genius is an ability to distinguish the difficult from the impossible"
"Ability is nothing without opportunity"
"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other."
"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them."
"Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly."
"The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself."
"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"
"In politics stupidity is not a handicap"

Napoleon Bonaparte

"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done"

Thomas Jefferson

"If everything is under control, you're going too slow"

Mario Andretti

"Work-life balance is a debilitating phrase. Strive for Work-Life harmony"
"We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient"
"I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate"
"The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works"

Jeff Bezos

"Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse"

Sophocles

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better"

Samuel Beckett

"Amateurs talk about tactics. Professionals talk about Logistics"

Military meme

"We suffered from an illness which is not peculiar to the French - the illness of having been victorious."

André Beaufre, Général d'Armée

George S. Patton, General

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week"

"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President & General

“Tolstoy opens Anna Karenina by observing: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Business is the opposite. All happy companies are different: each one earns a monopoly by solving a unique problem. All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.”
“The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator.”
“the single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places, and they do this by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas.”
“... hiring consultants doesn’t work. Part-time employees don’t work. Even working remotely should be avoided, because misalignment can creep in whenever colleagues aren’t together full-time, in the same place, every day. "

Peter Thiel

"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."
"The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling."

Thomas Sowell

“The talent of the strategist is to identify the decisive point and to concentrate everything on it, removing forces from secondary fronts and ignoring lesser objectives.”
“Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult”
“The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
“There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment”
“There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.”

Carl von Clausewitz

“ It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.... ”
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken"
"Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."
"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

Oscar Wilde

"Have you ever noticed that while corporations sell you junk drinks, artisans sell you cheese and wine."
“ Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning."
"Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right."

Nassim Taleb

Edgar Kraychik

"A leader is a dealer in hope"

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools"

"Imagination rules the world"

"Genius is an ability to distinguish the difficult from the impossible"

"Ability is nothing without opportunity"

"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other."

"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them."

"Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly."

"The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself."

"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"

"In politics stupidity is not a handicap"

Napoleon Bonaparte

"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done"

Thomas Jefferson

"If everything is under control, you're going too slow"

Mario Andretti

"Work-life balance is a debilitating phrase. Strive for Work-Life harmony"

"We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient"

"I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate"

"The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works"

Jeff Bezos

"Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse"

Sophocles

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better"

Samuel Beckett

"Amateurs talk about tactics. Professionals talk about Logistics"

Military meme

"We suffered from an illness which is not peculiar to the French - the illness of having been victorious."

André Beaufre, Général d'Armée

George S. Patton, General

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week"

"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President & General

“The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator.”

“the single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places, and they do this by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas.”

“... hiring consultants doesn’t work. Part-time employees don’t work. Even working remotely should be avoided, because misalignment can creep in whenever colleagues aren’t together full-time, in the same place, every day. "

Peter Thiel

"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."

"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."

"The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling."

Thomas Sowell

“The talent of the strategist is to identify the decisive point and to concentrate everything on it, removing forces from secondary fronts and ignoring lesser objectives.”

“Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult”

“The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”

“There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment”

“There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.”

Carl von Clausewitz

“ It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.... ”

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken"

"Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."

"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

Oscar Wilde

"Have you ever noticed that while corporations sell you junk drinks, artisans sell you cheese and wine."

“ Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning."

"Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right."

Nassim Taleb