“Mom-and-pop businesses have the same issues as the Fortune 500. The difference is that big companies spend millions on consultants to fix them.” BigsDifferencesCompanyMillionsIssuesMomFortunePopsConsultantsBig Companies Author:Christopher Myers
“The most part of men, though they have the use of reasoning a little way, as in numbering to some degree; yet it serves them to little use in common life; in which they govern themselves, some better, some worse, according to their differences of experience, quickness of memory, and inclinations to several ends; but specially according to good or evil fortune, and the errors of one another.” MenWayLittlesEndsUseEvilDifferencesMemoriesCommonDegreesErrorsFortuneReasoningInclinationQuicknessCommon Life Book:Leviathan Source: Leviathan
“Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to.” IfsPersonsDifferencesJusticeHalfImpossibleAuthorityFortuneInequalityReconcile Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to discharge it, does require Equality of years, of birth, of fortune; For beauty being poor, and not cried up By birth or wealth, can truly mix with neither. And wealth, when there's such difference in years, And fair descent, must make the yoke uneasy.” MenYearsWellsDoeDifferencesWealthPoorWifeBirthFairsFortuneCriedDescentMatrimonyUneasyYokeDischarge Book:Elizabethan Drama II Source: Elizabethan Drama II
“Happiness doesn't come from making a fortune and owning lots of possessions. 'Stuff' doesn't bring happiness. Family, friends, good health and the satisfaction that comes from making a positive difference are what really matter.” MatterStuffDifferencesFortuneSatisfactionPossessionGood HealthFamily Friends Author:Richard Branson
“If others surpass you in knowledge, in charm, in strength, in fortune, you have other causes to blame for it; but if you yield tothem in stoutness of heart you have only yourself to blame.” IfsHeartSelfCausesDifferencesBlameFortuneCharmYield Author:Michel de Montaigne