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“The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these "giddy-paced" times, and England is forgetting that those who make haste to be rich can hardly avoid much temptation and some sin.”

Source: Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters, Forming a Sequel to Record of a Girlhood, and Records of Later Life

“To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”

“Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.”

“I have a head for business and a body for sin. Unfortunately, the sin appears to be gluttony.”

Body Sin Business Gluttony

Book:Meet Me At The Cupcake Café

Source: Meet Me At The Cupcake Café

“If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.”

Ifs Should Sin Business Hell Risk Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Mcdonalds Successful Business Kick Ass Entrepreneur Motivational Risk And Failure

Author:Ray Kroc

“In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.”

Firsts Two Sin Business Mistake Self Esteem Cardinals

Author:Carl Icahn

“Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of what we were before, a setting aside of the old self in favor of a more complex one.”

Self Grows Sin Results Business Learning Becoming Transformation Complexes Favors Setting Settings Becoming More Unselfish Old Self

Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“...in the words of Max DePree: "Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: 'Who do we intend to be?' Not 'What are we going to do?' but 'Who do we intend to be?'"”

Firsts Leadership Sin Answers Business Leader Function Management Max

Book:Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning

Source: Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning

“Knowing oneself is not so much a question of discovering what is present in one's self, but rather the creation of who one wants to be.”

Want Self Sin Business Knowing Creation Oneself Discovering Knowing Oneself

Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“We can either help to make this world a more incredible place than it has ever been, or we can hasten its return to inorganic dust.”

World Helping Sin Business This World Return Incredibles Dust

Book:Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning

Source: Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning