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Teamwork is the glue which binds losers together

The key to successful business is self belief and application.

Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.

If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it.. it's cheaper in the long run.

Whosoever plants a tree, Winks at immortality.

If you are unwilling to fail, sometimes publicly and even catastrophically, you will never be rich.

Few things in life are certain except death and being taxed.

Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges.

When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and control for a new venture, you will motivate them to do great things.

Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent:_x000D_Identify It,_x000D_Hire It,_x000D_Nurture It,_x000D_Reward It,_x000D_Protect It._x000D_And when the time comes, Fire It.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run

Rich people always have a certain degree of debt. Apparently it helps to reduce taxes. I'm not so hot on the bean-counting side.

People who grow rich almost always improve their sex life. More people want to have sex with them. That's just the way human beings work. Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. Money did not make me happy. But it definitely improved my sex life.

It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works for you.

I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die.. and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.

Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come take my hand, my friend, and we will peer into this fear's abyss. And jump! And know.

The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of a college education or a penny of capital but making many errors along the way. I went from being a pauper.. a hippie dropout on the dole, living in a crummy room without the proverbial pot to piss in, without even the money to pay the rent, without a clue as to what to do next.. to being rich...

Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.

As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.