Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Capitalism is the most powerful tool for positive social change.
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There's no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.
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Great wealth is often created by the launching of great surprises, not by the launching of great enterprises.
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If you look at big companies, only 1/3 of them will exist in 2 decades.
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If the world economy is going to revive, I believe commodities are going to lead it back up. If the world economy is not going to revive, commodities are still the place to be—especially with governments printing so much money. Look at the 1970s. The world economy was in the tank, but commodities did very well.
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You can make excuses and you can make money, but you cannot make both.
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The wealth of America isn’t an inventory of goods; it’s an organic, living entity, a fragile, pulsing fabric of ideas, expectations, loyalties, moral commitments, visions, and people. To slice it up like an apple pie and redistribute it would destroy it just as surely as trying to share Stephen Hawking’s intellect by sharing slices of his brain would surely kill him.
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Putting your pride first makes the results come in second, at best.
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If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders.
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The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many. Educate and Empower & see the results.
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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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The future belongs to those who innovate.
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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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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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Always remember: When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.
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A million men can tell a woman she is beautiful, but the only time she will listen is when it's said by the man she loves.
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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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The only reason people hold onto memories is because memories are the only things that don't change, even when everyone else does.
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The best relationship is when you can completely act yourself and they can still love you for who you are.
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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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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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We have become a nation incapable of living within our means. We seem incapable of accepting the reality that owning a home is not and never was intended to be a right. It is a reward for working hard and saving up enough money to not only purchase a property, but to maintain and improve it.
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Don't blame people for who they are, blame yourself for thinking they were different.
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Always remember: Power in the wrong hands can destroy the owner. The same power that gave victory to Samson is what destroyed him.