The Warren Buffet Way

some words of wisdom gathered from my recent travels:
"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago"
"You can't make a good deal with a bad person"
"No matter how great the talent or efforts, somethings just takes time. You can't produce a baby in 1 month by getting 9 women pregnant"
The Warren Buffet Way.

"God never gives me anything I can't handle. It's just that sometimes I wish he didn't trust me so much!" Mother Theresa.

Grateful...

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” -Oprah

Vision

Helen Keller was asked, "What could be worse then being blind?" Helen Keller said, "I can tell you what's worse.. Being able to see but having no vision."

Success is...

“to laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed
social condition;
to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Growth

"Everyone needs someone who is confident enough to let him/her grow. Growing does not mean not making mistakes. Sometimes it is about making lots of mistakes along the way" Elaine A. Ng
"Making mistakes isn’t enough to become great. You must also admit the mistake, and then learn how to turn that mistake into an advantage." Robert Kiyosaki

Memorable Quote From Steve Jobs

"It’s looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ... Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

— Stanford University commencement address, June 2005.

"That's been one of my mantras -- focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."

— BusinessWeek interview, May 1998

Vision, Destiny & Quiting?

“All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that is greater than we know. It’s one of the defining principles of my life that I love to share: God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself.” - Oprah

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved" William Jennings Bryant

"Every time you quit, someone else gets your prize. Every time you make a mistake, you get closer to yours." Robert Kiyosaki

Dream of things that never were...

"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were" John F. Kennedy

Networks

"The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work"
Robert T. Kiyosaki

"It's the oldest, corniest piece of advice in the world, but it still works. The strongest networks are built on friendship. Be a friend not only to the people in your networks, but to the people who matter the most to the people in your network"
Harvey Mackay

"Technology does not run an enterprise; relationships do" Patricia Fripp

One of many interesting qoutes I've recently found in The Bible:

"A feast is made for laughter,
and wine makes life merry,
but money is the answer for everything." Ecclesiates 10:19
(*please read the intro to this book Ecclesiates & the entire Ecclesiates Chapter 10 in order to fully understand this qoute)

Growth

"If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody could possibly find fault with, you will not do much. "-Charles Dodgson

Words of wisdom by Plato

"The first & best victory is to conquer self.

To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful & vile" Plato

Don't wish it were easier

Jim Rohn:
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

(Jim Rohn is one of my favourite mentors...)