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“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

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“You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.”

—Warren Buffett

“Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.”

—Warren Buffett

“It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.”

—Warren Buffett

“No, I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated”

“I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.”

—Warren Buffett

“E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.”

“Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication […] No one can actually remember all these acronyms and people don’t want to seem dumb in a meeting, so they just sit there in ignorance. This is particularly tough on new employees.”

“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.”

“People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.”

—Warren Buffett

“I don't believe in process. In fact, when I interview a potential employee and he or she says that 'it's all about the process,' I see that as a bad sign. The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.”

“What’s dangerous is not to evolve.”

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”

—Warren Buffett

“Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.”

—Frank Herbert

“To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.”

—Barack Obama

“Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.”

—Warren Buffett