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To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. Anthony Robbins 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant 
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life. Anthony Robbins 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant 
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you. Anthony Robbins 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant 
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age. Anthony Robbins 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant 
Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee. Anthony Sampson  
Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures --in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together. Antoine De Saint-Exupery 1900-1944, French Aviator, Writer 
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls. Antoine Rivarol 1753-1801, French Journalist, Epigrammatist 
If you cry ''Forward'' you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions? Anton Chekhov 1860-1904, Russian Playwright, Short Story Writer 
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. Aphra Behn 1640-1689, British Playwright, Poet 
To decide to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life. Arbie M. Dale  
I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. Archibishop of Canterbury  
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve. Aristotle BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher 
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. Aristotle Onassis 1906-1975, Turkish Born Shipping Magnate 
After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts. Aristotle Onassis 1906-1975, Turkish Born Shipping Magnate 
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. Arnold H. Glasgow  
Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with. Artemus Ward  
When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money. Artemus Ward  
Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money. Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860, German Philosopher 
Socialism is a vast machine for churning out piles of goods marked ''Take it or leave it. '' Arthur Seldon  
Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the men and I will know their leader. Arthur W. Newcomb  
The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably. Atwell  
God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it. Austin O'Malley  
If you don't drive your business you will be driven out of business. B. C. Forbes 1880-1954, American Publisher 
Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business, but living. B. C. Forbes 1880-1954, American Publisher 
The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities... B. C. Forbes 1880-1954, American Publisher 
A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self-denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far. B. C. Forbes 1880-1954, American Publisher 
Real riches are the riches possessed inside. B. C. Forbes 1880-1954, American Publisher 
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that ''he profits most who serves best'' and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying. B. F. Harris  
That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing -- the truly democratic thing about it -- is that you don't even have to be a player to lose. Barbara Ehrenreich 1941-, American Author, Columnist 
Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers demanding that you read their unpublished manuscripts or undergo the humiliation of public speaking, usually on remote Midwestern campuses. Barbara Ehrenreich 1941-, American Author, Columnist 
It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself. Barbara Sher American Author of ''I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was'' 
I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty. Barbara Walters 1931-, American TV Personality 
A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. Barnett Cock British Scientist 
Of course I'm doing something about my overdraft: I'm seeing my accountant. Barry Fantoni British Cartoonist, Writer and Broadcaster 
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. Ben Johnson 1600-?British Clergyman, Poet 
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. Ben Stein American Professor, Writer 
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister 
No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world. Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister 
If you would know the value of money try to borrow some. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
Drive your business, let not you're business drive you. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
Drive thy business or it will drive thee. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honour. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat 



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