Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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There are two things you should never waste your time on: things that don’t matter and people that think you don’t matter.
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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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For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.
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Never measure your life by possessions. Measure it by the hearts you've touched, the smiles you created & the love you shared.
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Don't be scared to be intelligent. Knowledge is sexy and powerful.
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No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Governments' programs once launched unfortunately never disappear...Get real.
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Achievers move forward at all times. Achievement is not a plateau, it's a beginning.
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Don't think outside the box. Think like there is no box.
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History clearly shows that governments that have tried to contain, regulate, or otherwise usurp capital have failed. It is the same with brainpower; no one has a monopoly on brainpower. Controlling brainpower is like herding cats. Brainpower creates capital, and capital fuels brainpower. It is a fundamental dynamic principle. Great ideas, solutions, insights, or inventions will develop only where they are nurtured and properly rewarded.
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The longer the explanation, the bigger the lie.... Always remember that.
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Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after it’s said, the MOMENT after it’s missed and the TIME after it’s gone. Now you know.
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Never put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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Be a reflection of what you'd like to see in others. You get in return what you give.
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I remain fundamentally optimistic about Wall Street as a marketplace and as a vehicle for wealth creation. Its future will rightly depend on several variables, chief among them being human choices; whether they be rationally, emotionally, subjectively or objectively made. Financial engineering taught us that if it could be quantified, it could be qualified. We learned about how to use leverage and have abused that knowledge for a myriad of reasons. We became practitioners of the transaction-based model, but forgot that long before the abacus there was trust and integrity, anchors of relationship-based models common with Middle East and Asian markets. It goes back to a handshake, the first and enduring example of mutual consensus.
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If you want to raise your standard of living, raise your standard of giving.
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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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Money does not change people, it unmasks them.
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Well behaved people and dreamers seldom make history. In fact, history has no place for such people.
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You are only going to be as good as the people you surround yourself with, so be brave enough to let go those who keep weighing you down.
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Be dissatisfied with what is, but remain visionary of what can be done.
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Always remember: No matter how carefully you choose your words, they'll always end up being twisted by others.
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Don't turn around. Don't look back. Keep moving forward. Keep pushing. The pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, not the beginning.
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100 Years Is Enough: Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility.
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Work smart, stay informed, never give up, and great things will happen.