By Rich Gorman 3 Comments

Here’s a few quotes that define my core beliefs:

Just As Iron Sharpens Iron, So One Man Sharpens Another - Proverbs 27:17

Find Your Limitations and Exceed Them – Anonymous

A prince must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves. Those that wish to be only lions do not understand this – Niccolo Machiavelli 

Don’t Work For Money, Let Your Money Work For You – Robert Kiyowsaki

Work Hard, Play Hard – My Father told me this as a kid, but he didn’t invent it :)

Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies – Robert Greene

Win through your Actions, Never through Argument – Robert Greene

Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky – Robert Greene

When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude – Robert Greene

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure – George Edward Woodberry

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success – Dale Carnegie

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune - Jim Rohn

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody - Bill Cosby

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it - W. C. Fields

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm - Winston Churchill

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing – Thomas Jefferson

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage – Niccolo Machiavelli 
 

What quotes have had an impact on your life?