You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you, they are thinking about themselves. — John Gardner

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds, though I have learned to live with those also. – Warren Buffett

Go to where the puck is going to be, not to where it is. – Wayne Gretzky

And less is often more. – Christoph Martin Wieland

I’m no genius. I’m smart in spots, but I stay around those spots. – Thomas J. Watson Sr.

Hubris. Hubris. If you only think about your own business, you think, I’ve got a good story department, I’ve got a good marketing department, we’re going to go out and do this. And you don’t think that everybody else is thinking the same way. – Joe Roth

It is human nature when the sea is calm, not to think of storms. Machiavelli

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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you’re the easiest person to fool. – Richard Feynman

After investigating a problem in all directions, happy ideas come unexpectedly, without effort, like an inspiration. So far as I’m concerned, they have never come to me when my mind was fatigued, or when I was at my working table. – Hermann von Helmholtz

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Learn from those who have more years of experience. You have no idea how many hours a day I spent on the phone learning about finance from people with 15, 20, 25, 30 years of experience. – ​Ken Griffin

Whole Foods emerged not always because we had the best stores; it was because we were more ambitious and thought strategically about the long term. We weren’t ambivalent about either money or growth. And yet we retained our high standards and ideals. – John Mackey

There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag. – Doris Lessing

The most important thing is to stay focused on what matters. Most little things ultimately have no effect on an enterprise. It's the big deals - and the big decisions that do. – Larry Tisch

Success in investing isn’t about making a lot of money in a short period of time. It’s about earning reasonable returns over very long periods. – Bruce Flatt

Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. – Richard Feynman

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The man who can do the average thing when everyone else around him is losing his mind. – Napoleon