Words From The Wise

"In 1969 I published a small book on Humility. It was a pioneering work which has not, to my knowledge, been superseded."
Lord Langford

"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."

- "One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating."
-Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright

"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way."
Christopher Morley

"The proof of the pudding is in the eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece."
Miguel de Cervantes

"Be passionate in your work and in your searching."
Ivan Pavlov
"The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a
thousand rand a year."
Samuel Johnson
"He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either."

Friedrich Nietzsche

"As long as one keeps searching, the answers come."
Joan Baez

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
Walt Disney


"As businesspeople, it is our job to provide more and better products and services to our customers, to help them solve their problems, meet their needs, and achieve their ambitions."
- Michael Masterson


"I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four."
Yogi Berra

"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."
Aesop

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made."
Groucho Marx


""There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water."
Kate Chopin

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."
Paulo Coehlo

"Only the educated are free."
Epictetus

"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine."
Robert C. Gallagher


"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."
Henry Ford

"There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one’s maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity."
Philip Guedella

"The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing."
Eugene Delacroix

""The key is not to prioritise what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."
Stephen Covey

"Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness."

"Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honour, I lose myself."
"Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change."

"Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business."
"We have to take 'beach time' - a space for ourselves - every day, because we live in a world of burnout. Even if you take 20 to 30 minutes for yourself, you'll be a better worker, a better colleague, a better person.
It benefits the people around you as much as it benefits you."

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."


"The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance."

"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning."

"Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds."

"Case by case we find that conformity is the easy way and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries personal costs."
"The fact is, everyone is in sales. Whatever area you work in, you do have clients and you do need to sell."

One thing I feel most passionately about: love of invention will never die."
-Karl Benz

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”


“Authentic marketing is not the art of selling what you make but knowing what to make. It is the art of identifying and understanding customer needs and creating solutions that deliver satisfaction to the customers, profits to the producers and benefits for the stakeholders.”

Philip Kotler
“I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.”

Bob Hope
Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

Richard Branson
“I like mine with lettuce and tomato Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer
Well good God almighty which way do I steer for my Cheeseburger in paradise”

Jimmy Buffett
"The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval."

Denis Waitley
"Getting involved in a ‘win-win’ joint venture is the perfect way to add more to your bottom line."

Yanik Silver
There’s no disaster that can’t become a blessing, and no blessing that can’t become a disaster."

Richard Bach
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time."

Abraham Lincoln
"In the factory we make cosmetics; in the drugstore we sell hope."

""There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water."

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."


"Only the educated are free."

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."

""The key is not to prioritise what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."

Of all the disadvantages that small businesses have, one asset they have no excuse for lacking is a tight bond with their customers. Ultimately, that bond is built on trust--in the entrepreneur's competence, character and empathy for his customers' problems.