We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal work. Yet in terms of results in the measurable form of jobs created, lives enriched, communities built, living standards raised, and poverty healed, a handful of capitalists has done infinitely more for mankind than all the self-serving politicians, academics, social workers, and religionists who march under the banner of "compassion".
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Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.
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Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.
I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.
When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.
When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.
The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.
If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.
Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.
Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.
