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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.
— Warren Buffett
On the Working Life
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
— Warren Buffett
On Money, Plainly
Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
— Warren Buffett
On Money, Plainly
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
— Warren Buffett
On Discipline
If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can't hear them anymore.
— Michele Ruiz
On Confidence
Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.
— Howard Schultz
On the Working Life
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
— Muhammad Ali
On Focus & Distraction
I hated every minute of training, but I said: don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
— Muhammad Ali
On Discipline
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.
— Muhammad Ali
On Confidence
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Confidence
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Focus & Distraction
Things do not change; we change.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Starting Over
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Starting Over
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Purpose
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Money, Plainly
I never lose. I either win or learn.
— Nelson Mandela
On Discipline
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
— Nelson Mandela
On Starting Over
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death a…
— Nelson Mandela
On Starting Over
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
— Nelson Mandela
On Confidence
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
— Rosa Parks
On Purpose
Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
— Rosa Parks
On Confidence
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Money, Plainly
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Purpose
A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Purpose
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Purpose
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Starting Over
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Confidence
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Confidence
The future depends on what you do today.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Discipline