Warren Buffett - It takes 20 years to build a reputation...

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

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Author Profession: Businessman

Nationality: American

Born: August 30, 1930

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The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. - Mark Caine

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. Mark Caine

Motivational Success Yourself

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. - Nelson Mandela

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela

Wisdom Heart Man

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare

Great Greatness Born

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt

Great People Ideas

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn

Chance Will Risk

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. - Ken Venturi

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. Ken Venturi

Motivational Believe Better

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. William Shakespeare

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle

Education Mind Educated

You can't connect the dots 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. Steve Jobs

Life Future Trust

A good laugh is sunshine in the house. - William Makepeace Thackeray

A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray

Positive Good Sunshine

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Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. - Napoleon Hill

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Napoleon Hill

Great Sacrifice Achievement

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato

Politics Your End

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. William Arthur Ward

Wisdom Change Wind

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. - Martin Luther

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. Martin Luther

Inspirational Tomorrow Plant