Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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This nation was founded on the principle of wealth creation. As a young Henry Clay said in the House of Representatives in 1812, “It wealth creation is a passion as unconquerable as any with which nature has endowed us. You may attempt to regulate—you cannot destroy it.” That is supposed to be the federal government’s primary objective. It is supposed to promote the creation of an environment conducive to the creation of wealth—not job creation, not bailouts, not subsidies, not expansion of the federal bureaucracy, and not providing lifetime support to those who choose not to take advantage of the innumerable opportunities that exist in this nation for them to create a better, more productive life for themselves.
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I strongly support liquidating the corporation that is the Federal Reserve and returning to a monetary system based on a marketproduced precious metal, like gold, which is represented by a currency printed and managed by the U.S. Treasury Department as stipulated by our Constitution. The assets currently owned by the Fed should be liquidated and parceled out on a pro-rata basis to its creditors. All we need is the will.
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You determine how far you go in life, nobody else.
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It's okay to have flaws, that's what makes you real.
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I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you.
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Socialism tends to destroy wealth. Socialism does this by draining its vitality away. It does this by destroying the desirability of wealth as a wholesome value. Socialism kills the chance that any community can survive by browbeating the concept of vested ownership, on which community survival is always dependent in the end.
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In the end, what matters most is how well you lived, how well you loved, and how well you learned to let go.
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Most leadership writing today advises us on how to prosper within the system. I believe real leadership is about transforming the system.
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People succeed or fail on the merits in America, not on who they know or whose reelection campaign they supported. This absolutely American principle must be reestablished and permanently fortified. There can be no more “too big to fail.” If you are reckless, greedy, and arrogant, the American taxpayer should not bail you out.
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The illusion of choice is the greatest magic trick ever performed.
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I believe the best gift you could ever give a woman is your time.
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Sometimes the hardest things in life are what make you the strongest.
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All of us, try to eliminate risk from our lives. The sad thing about risk is that when you eliminate risk you also eliminate the future.
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You can only control so much, in the end the rest is up to fate.
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My best ideas come when I distance myself from day-to-day operations. It gives me more focus.
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Difference between being Rich and Being Wealthy? Time...Nothing is more important than TIME... can't buy it back ever.
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Biggest mistake Reagan ever did re: foreign policy? 1984 decision to appease Hezbollah with Lebanon withdrawal.
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If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders.
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Wanna run a killer business? Design it from the start so that it's leverageable, expandable, predictable & financeable - & you're unstoppable.
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Assad's failure to meet deadline on destroying chemical weapons is just the latest example of Obama's failed Syria policy.
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We need a reset in the way the economy grows around the world.
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5 rules to live a happier life: 1) Love yourself. 2) Do good. 3) Always forgive. 4) Harm no one. 5) Be positive.
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I strongly believe in the fact that there’s still plenty of money and plenty of private equity capital available around the globe. What are in short supply are great entrepreneurs and great teams. A trading opportunity or a company’s biggest challenge is and has always been the team behind it. There’s enormous change under way in every facet of the world. Some is technology driven, some is market driven. All that change creates unprecedented opportunity, but to take full advantage of such opportunities I mostly focus on the team. The right teams and right people behind those opportunities always win. There is no secret sauce. Trading and investing has, in my experience, boiled down to building relationships and exchanging value. It consists of striking the right balance between backing and interacting with the right teams with the right business model at the right time and with the right amount of money.
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Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters.