Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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The trouble with school is they give you the answer, then they give you the exam. That's not life...
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There is nothing inherently evil in the process of making money, and the notion is illogical, but that is one of the underlying tenets in our present education system. We are taught from an early age that making money is hard and that those who make lots of money are morally suspect. American culture studies programs at some of the nation’s leading universities have even gone so far as to teach the absurd and illogical notion that the rich became rich because they enjoy privilege earned on the backs of African slaves. Minority millionaires like entrepreneur Herman Cain, Earl Graves, Sr., and Reginald F. Lewis prove the utter nonsense of this notion, yet this is the illogical Progressive philosophy that has permeated our education system.
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If you look at big companies, only 1/3 of them will exist in 2 decades.
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Unless you choose to do great things with your life it makes no difference how much money you make or how much power you have.
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Behind each person is an utter mystery, supreme value. The more we recognize this the better we ALL get.
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The biggest threat to American power in the long run is the persistent decline in its middle class standard of living today.
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When people tell you that this venerable firm or private investor invested X millions of dollars in that entity and that it is a good investment, be skeptical and stay open to the option of running as far as you can in the opposite direction. We have all seen the biggest names on Wall Street along with the largest sovereign wealth funds on the planet make the dumbest investments ever made. Do your due diligence; ask the right questions, and most important, check out the character of the people involved unless you want to end up being prey to another master of the universe à la Bernie Madoff.
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The Fed’s policies have been an unqualified success for financiers and an abject failure for the bottom 99.5% who have to work for a living.
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Central planning inevitably leads to economic chaos and failure. Friedrich Hayek called the delusion that a single person or a group of government planners could possibly possess the knowledge to plan an entire economy a “fatal conceit.” The overwhelming historical evidence is that the more freedom a nation has, the more economic opportunities will exist and the more dynamic that nation’s economy will be. Likewise, the more regulations, controls, taxes, governmentrun industries, protectionism, and other forms of interventionism that exists, the poorer the country will become.
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Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disrupt it. Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo? I didn’t.
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People keep asking me ...How to instantly become a better writer? It’s simple: Use "power words" and see for yourself.
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Every successful venture is based on an unoriginal idea, beautifully executed.
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Fear and self-doubt are the greatest killers of personal genius.
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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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Make decisions even with incomplete info. You'll never have all the info you need. What matters is what you do with the info you have.
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Frankly speaking, making money isn't hard in itself... What's real hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.
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One of the advantages of living in a constitutional federal republic is that we have the ability, if not the duty, as citizens to repair or replace those acts of legislation under which we have agreed to live. We must act when it has become evident that said legislation no longer serves us as a people or advances the principles upon which this nation was founded, one of these being “the pursuit of happiness,” which may only be secured through wealth creation. If it burdens the debt obligation of the government, it cannot be creating wealth. If it does not advance the cause of regaining American competitive dominance in the global marketplace, it is not creating wealth. If legislation and regulation were proposed that taught people how to fish instead of providing fish, then the unemployed would find a way to create jobs for each other. Wealth creation is mankind’s natural objective when given the opportunity. and the tools.
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Never erase your past. It shapes who you are today and will help you to be the person you'll be tomorrow.
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I'd rather look back at my past and say, "I can't believe I did that!" instead of saying "I wish I did that.
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Affordable Care Act" roll out isn't Obama's fault. It's what happens when you elect a President without any real-world business experience.
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Always remember: When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.
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I believe the crisis started when we started prioritizing redistribution of wealth instead of its creation.
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It is usually the roughest road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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You call my Wall Street words "cuss words"... I call them "sentence enhancers".