Quotes from the M&A Coursepack

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Barnard Shaw


"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhaur


"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Sir Winston Churchill


"It is much easier to be critical than to be correct." - Benjamin Disraeli


"Continous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." - Sir Winston Churchill


"It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." - Sir Winston Churchill


"Pain is only weakness leaving the body." - US Marine Corps


"However beautiful the strategy. you should occasionally look at the results." - Sir Winston Churchill


"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." - Oscar Wilde


"Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Sir Winstom Churchill


"Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing." - Sir Winston Churchill


"The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honour." - Sir Winston Churchill


"An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity." - Sir Winston Churchill


"The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go." - Sir Winston Churchill