Business Wit & WisdomBeard Books, 2005 - 316 Seiten Compendium of sayings, quips, and wise insights related to the business world. |
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... we know our friends . —John Churton Collins Nearly all men stand adversity , but if you want to test a man's character , give him power . —Abraham Lincoln ( 1809–1865 ) He knows not his own strength that hath not met 3 RICHARD S. ZERA.
... we know our friends . —John Churton Collins Nearly all men stand adversity , but if you want to test a man's character , give him power . —Abraham Lincoln ( 1809–1865 ) He knows not his own strength that hath not met 3 RICHARD S. ZERA.
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... give bad examples . —Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 1613–1680 ) It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted . —Aeschylus Most of us only ask for advice when we know the answer but want a different one . I have ...
... give bad examples . —Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 1613–1680 ) It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted . —Aeschylus Most of us only ask for advice when we know the answer but want a different one . I have ...
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... give advice , but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it . —Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 1613–1680 ) AGE ( see also Maturity ) I am an old man and have known a great many troubles , but most of them never really happened . —Mark ...
... give advice , but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it . —Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 1613–1680 ) AGE ( see also Maturity ) I am an old man and have known a great many troubles , but most of them never really happened . —Mark ...
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... give them a squeeze and you get it all back . I am convinced that every boy , in his heart , would rather steal second base than an automobile . —Thomas Cambell Clark Of all wild beasts , the most difficult to manage are boys . I am ...
... give them a squeeze and you get it all back . I am convinced that every boy , in his heart , would rather steal second base than an automobile . —Thomas Cambell Clark Of all wild beasts , the most difficult to manage are boys . I am ...
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... a shame , ” consoled the mother , “ how did he do it ? ” The child wailed , “ He wouldn't give me any of his candy so I hit him over the head with it . ” If children grew up according to early indications , we 22 Business Wit and Wisdom.
... a shame , ” consoled the mother , “ how did he do it ? ” The child wailed , “ He wouldn't give me any of his candy so I hit him over the head with it . ” If children grew up according to early indications , we 22 Business Wit and Wisdom.
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 196 - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here ?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where ' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,
Seite 191 - Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Seite 254 - Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Seite 220 - I do the very best I know how — the very best I can ; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Seite 75 - We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again — and that is well ; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more.
Seite 129 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Seite 256 - I hear, and I forget; I see, and I remember; I do, and I understand.
Seite 210 - The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread'.
Seite 95 - Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. "That is very fine. Yes, I must wager; but I may perhaps wager too much.