Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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How you gather, manage and use intel in life determines whether you win or lose. That's the # 1 rule for the mavericks in business.
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The things you do for yourself are gone when you're gone, but the things you do for others become legacy.What do you wanna be remembered as?
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Lebanese freedom of speech : You get to say whatever you like as long as the authorities approve of it... Hilarious.
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If it’s freedom you seek, then wish nothing and shun nothing that depends on others, or you will always be a helpless slave.
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Business Fights Poverty Better Than Charity Does.
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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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Unless you're involved in the system of coercive force, with money alone you don't get power.
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Would the child you were yesterday admire the person you are today? If not, adjust for desired results.
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We are today engaged in a war. It is an economic war over our sovereignty as human beings with inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The “pursuit of happiness” means the right to create wealth through our labor and to enjoy the fruits thereof. The battle now is over who has the moral, the ethical, and the legal right to the fruits of our labor. Are we to be free, or are we to be slaves? Just whose money is it anyway?
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It's never better to make somebody poorer, even if they're rich.
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Being happy isn't necessarily about getting there, it's how you get there.
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Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.
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Biggest mistake Reagan ever did re: foreign policy? 1984 decision to appease Hezbollah with Lebanon withdrawal.
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The next time you think you're perfect, try walking on water.
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I believe the best gift you could ever give a woman is your time.
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Always remember... How you handle obstacles will always be a key factor in determining your ability to achieve success.
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Your best friends should bring out the best in you. If they don't, lose them; they are no friends.
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If wealth is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
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In a victory speech, I always like to thank the opposition, because without their help and stupidity, I couldn’t have won.
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Trade and wealth creation is not all upside. It is failure, too. Failure is a necessary component to growth and success. Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times but also hit 714 home runs. We need to let failing entities fail. Only then will successful people turn these enterprises back into wealth-creating vehicles again. “Too big to fail” is a concept that perpetuates failure and saps vitality from the rest of the wealth creators to do so.
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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.
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Power people wear power like a coat of arms. If can't sense them on the spot you don't know what power is.
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Great change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over & release control over what you don't.
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The recession, which started in 2007, is ongoing. The underlying fundamental causes of the meltdown have not been addressed. Banks are still not lending. Companies are still not hiring. Congress has still not seriously addressed the growing debt. Neither has Congress checked its own out-of-control spending. The much lauded reforms installed by Frank-Dodd are nothing more than another expansion of federal government control over the engines of wealth creation.