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Posted on December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.”—Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, 1954-

Posted on October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”—Sallust, Roman historian, 86 BC–c.35 BC

Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022

“I am amazed that anyone who has made a fortune should send for his friends.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on September 19, 2022September 18, 2022

“There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.”—Herman Melville, American novelist, 1819-1891

Posted on April 19, 2022

“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.”—Henry Ford, American industrialist, 1863-1947

Posted on April 6, 2022April 5, 2022

“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”—Winston Churchill, UK Prime Minister, 1874-1965

Posted on March 30, 2022March 29, 2022

“Work is the curse of the drinking class.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on March 20, 2022March 20, 2022

“It’s sexy to be competent.”—Letty Cottin Pogrebin, American feminist author, 1939-

Posted on February 14, 2022

“An expert is someone who tells you why you can’t do something.”—Alec Issigonis, British automobile designer, 1906-1988

Posted on February 7, 2022

“I was looking down at all that machinery and equipment and rockets and things under me, and I thought, ‘Just think—all that power was assembled by the lowest bidder.'”—Wally Schirra, American astronaut, 1923-2007

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