Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.
“Our job is merely to identify talented managers and provide an environment in which they can do their stuff.” -1990 letter”
― Gems from Warren Buffett: Wit and Wisdom from 34 Years of Letters to Shareholders
― Gems from Warren Buffett: Wit and Wisdom from 34 Years of Letters to Shareholders
“The profoundest and most excellent dispositions and orders seem very bad, and every learned militarist criticizes them with looks of importance, when they relate to a battle that has been lost, and the very worst dispositions and orders seem very good, and serious people fill whole volumes to demonstrate their merits, when they relate to a battle that has been won.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“Investors should pay more for a business that is lodged in the hands of a manager with demonstrated pro-shareholder leanings than for one in the hands of a self-interested manager marching to a different drummer.” -1984 letter”
― Gems from Warren Buffett: Wit and Wisdom from 34 Years of Letters to Shareholders
― Gems from Warren Buffett: Wit and Wisdom from 34 Years of Letters to Shareholders
“We made a covenant with the Children of Israel, ‘Worship none but God and be good to your parents and to relatives and orphans and the needy. And speak kindly to people.g”
― Quran
― Quran
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This group will read only fiction books from Self-Published authors. They don't get enough support & nine times out of ten, their books are better tha ...more
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