In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #speaking

A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
#quotes #charlize-theron #travel #world #south-africa

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #age #dream #regret

Lovely message for a lovely person, from lovely friend, for a lovely reason, at a lovely time, from a lovely mind, in a lovely mood, in a lovely style, to wish you; have a lovely birthday...
#birthday #cute

Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
#quotes #martin-cruz-smith #books #reading #mystery #wish

A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
#quotes #aaron-burr #law #government

I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. ~Ellen Page
#quotes #ellen-page #teenage #70s

I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
#quotes #margaret-fuller #heart #wish

Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
#quotes #cleanthes #zeus #fate

A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
#quotes #max-lerner #peace #brotherhood #wish

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
#quotes #paulo-coelho #the-alchemist #universe #inspiration #wish

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
#quotes #charles-bukowski #wish

Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
#quotes #h-g-wells #wish #hardship