"I believe in the sun even when it is not shining; I believe in love even when I don't feel it; I believe in God even when He is silent."
– Found scratched into a wall at Auschwitz.
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising after you fall."
-Vince Lombardi
" Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."
– Henry Ford
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Robin Crow
We will honor Zig's memory with fondness and with a periodic series or articles, quotes and posters. Please look in the December Featured Articles issue for a select quotes from America's Motivator.
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
–Samuel Johnson
"The start is what stops most people."
Don Shula: Former NFL Coach
" Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Robin Crow
It is hard to believe that his prediction is happening here and now. This was 47 years ago. April 3, 1965. An amazing prediction. Do you remember the famous ABC radio commentator Paul Harvey?
Millions of Americans listened to his programs which were broadcast over 1,200 radio stations nationwide.
When you listen to this, remember the commentary was broadcast 47 years ago on April 3, 1965.
It's short…less than three minutes. You will be amazed. ##
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Peggy Kriss
"It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going."
–Brian Tracy
"What we think, we become."
Gautama Siddhartha
" The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
– Walt Disney
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Robin Crow
" It is always safe to assume, not that the old way is wrong, but that there may be a better way."
–Henry F. Harrower
"There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else."
Sam Walton
– Founder of Walmart and Sam's Club
" All great things are simple and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
– Winston Churchill
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Robin Crow
FoxNews and NPR have both featured stories about Thomas Peterffy. Fox said Peterffy created "one of the more personal ads of the 2012 campaign." On TV and online, his video warns against socialism while "urging America to vote Republican."
Quoting Fox:
"In the video, Peterffy recalls his childhood under socialism in Hungary, and says, "The nation became poorer and poorer. And that's what I see happening here." He warns that the United States, his adopted country, is embarking on a "slippery slope."
He continues: "America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy. Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer — but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs."
The ad doesn't mention the president or former Governor Mitt Romney. But the fact that he is investing millions of his own dollars in a message that echoes our Masthead blog column, Course Correction should make undecided or left leaning professionals in our industry take notice.
Peterffy founded Interactive Brokers. Forbes estimates his net worth at $4.6 billion. Peterffy is the political opposite of the more famous Hungarian-born billionaire, George Soros, known to support left wing causes and Barack Obama.
Peterffy has been interviewed by NPR for his role in popularizing electronic and online trading to securities
Thomas Peterffy was born in Hungary in 1944 and came to the United States in 1965. He learned English here, eventually launched Interactive Brokers in 1993 and lives in Greenwich, CN.
For those who have watched the first two debates, you will understand the following and how it relates to the above.
Image credit: Gary Varvel/Townhall
Cover image credit: The New Yorker
Clint Eastwood said it well. It is okay to let President Obama go. Register and vote Republican. Get your circle to do the same. Your company, job and a brighter future all depend on it. ##
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L. A. "Tony" Kovach —- Etc.
" There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
– Nelson Mandela
11th President of South Africa
" The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving."
– Albert Einstein
Physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
"The real measure of our wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money."
– Benjamin Jowett
English Scholar, Classicist and Theologian
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Robin Crow
" Expect more than others think possible."
– Howard Shultz
CEO of Starbucks
" All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
– Walt Disney
American film producer, director, voice actor, entrepreneur, animator, and philanthropist
"We all blossom in the presence of one who sees the good in us and who can coax the best out of us."
– Desmond Tutu
South African activist and opponent of apartheid
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Robin Crow
" Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing."
– Elie Wiesel
Romanian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
" "The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself."
– Deepak Chopra
Indian-born, American writer and physician
" Be thankful for what you have, you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never ever have enough."
– Oprah Winfrey
American media proprietor, talk show host,
actress, producer, and philanthropist
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Robin Crow
