Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
-
Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason why it will.
-
Funny how the U.S. sends in the military to fight “terrorists” in any country which has resources it wants....
-
We’ve been so afraid; so hell bent on destroying enemies; both foreign and domestic, we’ve hurt ourselves and our democracy. Time to wake up.
-
Wealth creation is not a mathematical formula, as the truthseeking quant geeks still want everyone to believe. In the end, their lack of real-world experience and pride corrupted their mathematical genius and destroyed them. You may be able to digitize a daVinci, but that does not make it daVinci. Creating wealth is personal. It is creating assets, creating value, or whatever act of self-perpetuation that drives us to create a legacy.
-
One of Obama’s greatest failures will be his legacy of making millions completely dependent on government handouts, not work....So sad.
-
There are only 2 paths to happiness in life. Utter Stupidity or Exceptional Wealth.
-
There are so many mistakes you can learn only by making them yourself. There is no substitute for experience.
-
Society is going to judge you no matter what you do.
-
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.
-
The problem is never the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Think before you rush into action.
-
Never underestimate the hidden power of one very determined person. There is nothing more powerful than determination and persistence.
-
Risk is what you control and fortune is really all about risk. Bottom Line: Fortune comes from big money bets on very low probability events.
-
I do not believe in the power of brand names or in emulating any of the brand name investors out there. It is a fact that all—if not at least most—of the biggest names in American finance and industry out there today have proven after the 2008 crisis to be some of the most incompetent people there are. Starting with the untouchable Goldman Sachs, who was bailed out by over $5 billion from Warren Buffett, to AIG and Citibank, who were bailed out by the hundreds of billions of dollars from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), having a name and a history does not make you the brightest and the best. All it takes is one nincompoop with a huge ego or a board of directors who think they are smarter than everyone else to destroy what has taken generations to build.
-
There isn’t anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.
-
Successful entrepreneurs figure out when to drive their ideas forward & when to listen to constructive criticism.
-
I am not a killer. I just win - Thoroughly - After all, winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.
-
If it’s freedom you seek, then wish nothing and shun nothing that depends on others, or you will always be a helpless slave.
-
Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.
-
There is a difference between skill and talent. Master the skill to allow the talent out.
-
The debt ceiling is not what causes our problems, it's the only thing that might help solve our problems.
-
Women worry about the things that men forget; Men worry about the things that women remember.
-
Talent attracts capital more effectively than capital attracts talent.
-
The Key point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.
-
I get the real moronic progressive economic plan now. The more we spend the richer we are. How brilliant... Go figure these idiots.