Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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It's never better to make somebody poorer, even if they're rich.
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Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
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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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I believe if you don't keep constantly pushing the envelope and outgrowing yourself you're going to get real old sooner than you think.
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I may not be the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick the smartest people to do business with and size them up very fast.
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Letting the banks go bust instead of perpetually bailing them out is the right way to go.Iceland Did It Right; All others are doing it wrong.
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There are few problems in the world that economic prosperity cannot help solve. Yet the engines of that prosperity are under fierce attack. The forces that seek power over others have gained the upper hand against those that seek freedom. By harming wealth creation, they cause even more strain on society. Historically, this is nothing new. State domination over its subjects has roots that connect statism, totalitarianism, communism, and socialism to more modern-day variants of liberalism and progressivism. It is a constant fight and we must win.
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After all is said and done, a life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives.
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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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Myth: US housing market is in recovery. Fact: Big banks have been hiding their bloated home inventory, seized by virtue of home foreclosures.
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A man with money is no match against a man on a mission. After all, money can’t buy you immortality.
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Humility is the flipside of pride. It doesn’t mean suddenly being selfless; it means realizing that others might have a better answer than you or a better solution. It means accepting you might not always be the smartest person in the room. Being confident and humble are not mutually exclusive. Embracing humility will help give you an open mind and a clearer vision of how to beat the odds and make your start-up a success.
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I believe if we let go of Assad now, we might as well forget the whole region.
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Once you find your dream, risk everything to make it come true.
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The wise never confuse information or data, however prodigious or cleverly deployed, with comprehensive knowledge or wisdom...Be wise.
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When you're rich, 'crazy' is just 'eccentric'.
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The problem is never the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Think before you rush into action.
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You will never solve problems unless you face them head on.
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Never look at an opportunity at face value & pass it on that basis. Examine the income vs. the profit vs. expenses then make your decision.
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Always remember... When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.
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Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you are waiting.
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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.
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You have three types of friends in life: Friends for a reason, friends for a season, and friends for a lifetime.
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There's a huge misconception that innovation is mostly about inventing or coming up with cool new things. More often than not, innovation is about figuring out what people really need or want but can't have or afford.