The loudest in the room is always the weakest.
Don’t be the flashy type, the one that gets the attention on him. Be quiet and observe. -Denzel washington in American Gangster Continue reading The loudest in the room is always the weakest.
Tag: Humility
Never give advice.
We have our own lives to live, our own careers to make. We have no way of measuring others’ desires and capacities. Some are weak. A discouraging word at a critical moment may change their entire course. Then the one who gives that word incurs the responsibility. I court no obligations of that kind. Advertising teaches us how fallible are our judgments, even in things we know best. -My life in advertising, p.60 Continue reading Never give advice.
This business of piling up wealth is an easy business.
Easy, that is, compared with giving birth, or raising children, or pressing on a parent’s doorbell at midnight to tell them their child has died in an accident. If people can do this, you can certainly become rich. But remember this rule once you are rich and powerful, many people have accomplished far greater and harder things than you. Stay humble, stay polite. -How to get rich, p.118 Continue reading This business of piling up wealth is an easy business.
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