Selena Ansen > Selena's Quotes

“There are three motives for which we live; we live for the body, we live for the mind, we live for the soul. No one of these is better or holier than the other; all are alike desirable, and no one of the three—body, mind, or soul—can live fully if either of the others is cut short of full life and expression.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“By thought, the thing you want is brought to you; by action you receive it.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“If you want to help the poor, demonstrate to them that they can become rich; prove it by getting rich yourself.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“There is abundance of opportunity for the man who will go with the tide, instead of trying to swim against it.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“There is never any hurry on the creative plane; and there is no lack of opportunity.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“Do all the work you can do, every day, and do each piece of work in a perfectly successful manner; put the power of success, and the purpose to get rich, into everything that you do.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“What I want for myself, I want for everybody.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“The more gratefully we fix our minds on the Supreme when good things come to us, the more good things we will receive, and the more rapidly they will come; and the reason simply is that the mental attitude of gratitude draws the mind into closer touch with the source from which the blessings come.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“You want to get rich in order that you may eat, drink, and be merry when it is time to do these things; in order that you may surround yourself with beautiful things, see distant lands, feed your mind, and develop your intellect; in order that you may love men and do kind things, and be able to play a good part in helping the world to find truth. But”
― Wallace D. Wattles, Science of Getting Rich

“Guard your speech. Never speak of yourself, your affairs, or of anything else in a discouraged or discouraging way.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich [Illustrated]

“Go on in the certain way, and if you do not receive that thing, you will receive something so much better that you will see that the seeming failure was really a great success.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

“By thought, the thing you want is brought to you; by action you receive it. Whatever”
― Wallace D. Wattles, Science of Getting Rich

“an ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, Science of Getting Rich

“ESG ratings impact profitability - regardless of what industry your company is in. People like to know that the companies they interact with and buy from are companies that do good in the world.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“To succeed in business, you've gotta understand your customers.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“As society evolves, business models evolve.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“A good leader is more interested in giving compliments than critiques.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“If you'd like to gain a better understanding of Return On Investment, get into gardening.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“It's really important for capital to be productive.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Business is about making peoples lives better.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Business is about making the world a better place.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Adaptive collective action is superior to bureaucracy.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“It’s very important that municipalities employ effective communication. Citizens deserve to be informed of the ROI they’re getting for their tax dollars.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Every municipality in the world is ground zero for civilization-scale capital stewardship.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Municipalities that cultivate conditions for business prosperity are better positioned to maximize tax revenue consistently and holistically and these are the municipalities that are most investable and most able to foster human prosperity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“One of the major priorities for a municipality should be to cultivate the conditions for a thriving business community.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Municipalities should be prioritizing data in the same way that businesses are prioritizing data.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”
― Warren Buffett

“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.”
― Warren Buffet