Billionaire Quotes

• Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

  Warren Buffett

  Money, Business, Dollars

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.

  Ernie Banks

  Sports, Morning, Insecure

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• Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.

  Jack Ma

  Growing Up, Business, People

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• Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Success, Teacher

  Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson (1996). “The Road Ahead”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

  Richard Branson

  Motivational, Inspiring, Powerful

  Twitter post from Jan 24, 2018

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• Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.

  Ross Perot

  Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

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• When there is a crisis, that's when some are interested in getting out and that's when we are interested in getting in.

  Carlos Slim

  Inspiration, Crisis

  "6 skills of self-made millionaires everyone should use" by Adam Toren, www.businessinsider.com. March 10, 2016.

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• Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Life, Years

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• If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we've got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship.

  Barack Obama

  Mean, Kids, Cutting

  News conference in the East Wing, www.nytimes.com. June 29, 2011.

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• When you live for others' opinions, you are dead.

  Carlos Slim

  Others Opinions, Live For Others, Opinion

  "Carlos Slim: The world's wealthiest man" by Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2010.

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• Don’t aim for perfection, aim for success.

  Eike Batista

  Perfection, Aim

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• If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Differences, Would Be, Records

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• After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Money, Inspiration, Games

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• Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

  Sara Blakely

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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  Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

  Steve Jobs

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• You can't become a billionaire stepping over children sleeping on the street.

  Bernie Sanders

  Children, Sleep, Streets

  Bernie Sanders (2015). “The Speech: On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class”, p.70, Nation Books

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• Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Unhappy, Looks

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• What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history.

  Warren Buffett

  Learning, People, History

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• If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money.

  Bruno Mars

  Smart, Being Smart, Ifs

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• You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

  Ted Turner

  Motivational, Inspiration, Hard Work

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  You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

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• It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Success, Motivation

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.

  Jeff Bezos

  Motivation, Business, Inspiration

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• There are only two ways to establish competitive advantage: do things better than others or do them differently.

  Karl Albrecht

  Business, Two, Entrepreneur

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• If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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