Attitude, Aristotle

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

- Aristotle (384BC-322BC)

Business·Employment, Henry Ford

It is not the employer who pays wages - he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages.

- Henry Ford (1863–1947)

Attitude, A. Lou Vickery

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.

- A. Lou Vickery, American business author

Economy, Thomas Carlyle

Teach a parrot the terms "supply and demand" and you've got an economist.

- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Wisdom, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

務民之義，敬鬼神而遠之，可謂知矣

- 孔子, 論語 雍也

One may be deemed wise if one will convince the people to be gods and spirits.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC), The Analects: Yong Ye(雍也)

Love, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love and you shall be loved.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Attitude, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

成事不說, 遂事不諫, 旣往不咎。

- 孔子, 論語 八佾

That which has been done should not need to be explained again; that which has its course fixed need not be remonstrated against; that which has passed need not be blamed on anyone.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC), The Analects: Ba Yi(八佾)

Health, Carol Leifer

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.

- Carol Leifer (1956- )

Religion, Jawaharlal Nehru

I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth and ignorance.

- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)

Attitude, Confucius, the Analects of Confucius

放於而利行多怨。

- 孔子, 論語 里仁篇

Carrying out anything for personal profit will mostly bring about hatred and bitterness.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC), the Analects of Confucius

Attitude, William James

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

- William James (1842-1910)

Attitude, Stephen R. Covey

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

- Stephen R. Covey (1932- )

Life, Joseph Conrad

We live as we dream - alone.

- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

Opinion, John Locke

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

- John Locke (1632-1704)

Attitude, Epictetus

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

- Epictetus

Leader·Leadership, Thomas D. Willhite

Leadership is not a right or a position, it is a responsibility.

- Thomas D. Willhite

Attitude, Thomas D. Willhite

You don’t have to have a bad attitude to get a better one. All too often we resist a change because we assume change means that we were “not OK” which hurts our self-image. Your attitude may be great right now…and it can get even better. Why not get better? Why not do more, be more? Why not extend those limits?

- Thomas D. Willhite

Challenge, Susan Jeffers

Feel the fear and do it anyway.

- Susan Jeffers

Travel, James Baldwin

I met a lot of people in Europe, I even encountered myself.

- James Baldwin (1924-1987)

Advice, H. Jackson Brown Jr.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (an American author), Life's Little Treasure Book, on wisdom

Advice, Erma Bombeck

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

- Erma Bombeck

Words, Josh Billings

"There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together."
Josh Billings

Advice, Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber

好事多魔

- 曹雪芹, 紅樓夢

The good comes with the bad.

- Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹), Dream of the Red Chamber(紅樓夢)

Friend·Friendship, Samuel Butler

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

- Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

Friendship·Friend, Henry Adams

A friend in power is a friend lost.

- Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1915)

Dokdo,CHO Byung-jae

We(Korea) exert full sovereignty over Dokdo. It is totally meangless whatever the Japanese Government claims.

- CHO Byung-jae, South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman

Past·Future, Roger Babson

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

- Roger Babson (1875-1967)

Love, French Proverb

Love makes time pass; time makes love pass.

- French Proverb

Finance·Money, Jamie Dimon

It is JPMorgan's responsibility to "stay actively engaged" in policy debates that will affect our company" and that doing so is a "constitutional right." You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

- Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO, in his annual letter to shareholders, April 4, 2012

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http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/04/news/economy/jamie-dimon-lobbying/index.htm
http://finclip.blogspot.com/2012/04/cnnmoney-jamie-dimon-lobbying-is-good.html

Finance·Money, Jamie Dimon

But the result of the financial reform has not been intelligent design. Simplicity, clarity and speed would be better for the system and better for the economy.

- Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-04/dimon-rails-against-contrived-and-confusing-rules.html
http://finclip.blogspot.com/2012/04/bloomberg-dimon-letter-derides.html

Finance·Money, Michael Driscoll

He(Jamie Dimon)’s combative by nature. And like a lot of these alpha dogs, when he’s backed into a corner, he’s going to bark back.

- Michael Driscoll, visiting professor at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-04/dimon-rails-against-contrived-and-confusing-rules.html
http://finclip.blogspot.com/2012/04/bloomberg-dimon-letter-derides.html

Benevolence, Confucius

仁者先難而後獲，可謂仁矣

- 孔子, 論語 雍也

Benevolence involves being the first to volunteer for a difficult job and the last to think about rewards and recognition.

- Confucius, The Analects: Yong Ye(雍也)

Humor, Bertolt Brecht

He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.

- Bertolt Brecht (a German poet, playwright, and theatre director; 1898-1956)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Anonymous

Know her mind and you can have her body, know her heart and you have her soul.

- Anonymous

Finance·Money, Marc Faber

I think that people should own some gold and I think that people should own some equities, because before the collapse will happen, with Mr. Bernanke at the Fed, they're going to print money and print and print and print. So what you can get is a bad economy with rising equity prices.

- Marc Faber, in CNBC, 04/02/2012

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CNBC: 'Massive Wealth Destruction' Is About to Hit Investors: Faber

Finance·Money, Marc Faber

Somewhere down the line we will have a massive wealth destruction that usually happens either through very high inflation or through social unrest or through war or credit market collapse. Maybe all of it will happen, but at different times.

- Marc Faber, in CNBC, 04/02/2012

Tact, Jean Cocteau

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

- Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)