Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you are waiting.
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Don't let someone create you, because they might just destroy you.
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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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Without seeking truth it is unlikely you will find success. The truth very well might set you free, but it’s not always fun. People say they want the truth, but more accurately, they want the truth that is easy to hear. They don’t want the painful truths that don’t support our decisions or force us to accept we were wrong about something. But without truth, you will never be able to course-correct. Putting the company first and your bruised feelings second is an important step in saving your start-up from failure.
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I find it hilarious that if we lie to the government, it's a crime. But if they lie to us its politics.
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The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many. Educate and Empower & see the results.
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Money is only something you need if you don't die tomorrow.
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Passion isn't enough for financial success. Your passion needs to make you money.
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Time has now come which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves.
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Great wealth is often created by the launching of great surprises, not by the launching of great enterprises.
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Real Learning comes from failures and mistakes...rarely from success.
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Always remember ... You are not designed for everyone to like you. Get used to it.
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Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have. It doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, just empties today of its strength.
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If you make a hiring mistake, make the change quickly. Don’t ignore problems. Don’t assume it will get better.
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I do not believe in supporting bailouts without strong ramifications. It is a fool’s fantasy to think we can live in a globally connected economy and never have a situation arise where the government prudently steps in to prevent a failure that might lead to catastrophic ramifications. In most cases, I believe it would be much better to let bailed-out companies fail when they have mismanaged themselves, rather than waste taxpayer money propping up greedy idiots who are trying to salvage their own bonuses; however, there are exceptions to almost every rule. The wiser course would be to penalize the CEO or board of directors who drove the company to the brink of failure. The most obvious punishment would be the elimination of any “golden parachutes” or bonuses for the executive and seizure of all company-derived assets, including any attempts to hide company assets in the spouse’s name. When C-level executives come to the realization that managing a company is not a game and that there are serious consequences for their actions, we will see fewer instances of requests for bailouts.
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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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Only idiots get bored when we've all got handheld devices containing infinite knowledge at our fingertips.
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Live for what you believe in ... and die for it too.
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Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
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Always remember...the stronger your position in life, the more enemies you're gonna have .. while friends come and go.
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If there's a proven track record, the odds are higher that success can be repeated. This is what we investors always hope for.
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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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A tiger never loses sleep over the opinion of sheep.
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The single biggest reason why the vast majority of people go nowhere in life is because they don't or won't take risks. They take the easy way out, the path of least resistance. You don't make it big that way. Ever.