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Ray Kroc

  "As long as you're green you're growing, as soon as you're ripe you start to rot."— Ray Kroc

Henry Kravis

  "If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it." — Henry Kravis

Mitch Hedberg

  “ My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. ” – Mitch Hedberg

John Connally

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  “The dollar is our currency, but it’s your problem.” US Treasury Secretary John Connally to the world, 1971   De-dollarization is Here! (Again.)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

  "Plans are nothing. Planning is everything."   - Dwight D. Eisenhower

George Goodman

  "If you don't know who you are, the stock market is an expensive place to find out."— 

Edward de Bono

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  “Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned” —Edward de Bono

Ray Dalio

  "I'm a great believer in solving hard problems by using a checklist." — Ray Dalio

Conan O’Brien

  “ When all else fails there's always delusion. ” – Conan O’Brien

Proverbs 26:11

  “As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly." — Proverbs 26:11

Charlie Munger

  “Nobody survives open heart surgery better than the guy who didn't need the procedure in the first place.” — Charlie Munger

Yahoo Finance

  “The global economy is on the path to hyperinflation and risks societal collapse if soaring prices are not brought under control.” -  Yahoo Finance

John Maynard Keynes

  “The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.”   — John Maynard Keynes

Noel Coward

  “The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.” – Noel Coward (an English playwright, actor, and composer)

James Clear

  "Every action you take is a vote for the type of  person you wish to become. "   -James Clear

Mark Brooks

  “Your capacity for gratitude is inversely proportional to your sense of entitlement.” — Mark Brooks

Jeff Bezos

  “ It's not an experiment if you know it's going to work. ” – Jeff Bezos

Confucius

  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius

Confucius

  Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without .” – Confucius

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." - Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King     "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

Abraham Lincoln

  “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Spend as much time on preparation.

Don Marquis (an American humorist, journalist, and author)

  “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” – Don Marquis (an American humorist, journalist, and author)

Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan CEO)

  "You can have work-life balance. It is your job to take care of your mind, your body, your health, your soul, your family, your friends, your health. Your job, not our job." — Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan CEO)

Malcolm Gladwell

  "It takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve master of complex skills and materials..." -Malcolm Gladwell

Oscar Wilde (an Irish poet and playwright)

  “It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.” – Oscar Wilde (an Irish poet and playwright)

Stephen A. Schwarzman

  “ Time wounds all deals, sometimes even fatally .” – Stephen A. Schwarzman

Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky is famous for saying:  "You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."  

Warren Buffett

  "The world can change in very, very dramatic ways." — Warren Buffett

Grow or Die

  Grow or Die  - Martin Lees

Steve Jobs

  "The people that really create the things that change this industry are both the thinker and doer in one person." — Steve Jobs

F. Scott Fitzgerald

   “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late (or too early) to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

Quotes for 2023

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  50 Quotes Sparking Innovation in 2023   An inspiring quote is a great tool to change a mindset. I made a personal collection of 50 outstanding quotes on change and innovation. Use them to inspire others to start a culture of change, to think different and to prioritize change and innovation at the start of 2023. 1. Nothing is stronger than habit. [Ovid] 2. If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got. [Albert Einstein] 3. Status quo is Latin for, 'The mess we're in.' [Ronald Reagan] 4. Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.[Robert C. Gallagher] 5. When the rate of change outside is more than what is inside, be sure that the end is near. [Azim Premji] 6. Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right. [Steve Jobs] 7. The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed. [William Gibson] 8. It’s tough when markets change and your people within the company don’t. [Harvard Business Review] 9. Even if you are...

Sam Ewing

This is a fantastic trait to have which shows that you are able to attempt any task. Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses,  and some don’t turn up at all.” - Sam Ewing