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No loss should hit us which can be avoided with constant care.
A.P. Møller Letter to his son Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller · 1946

Quotes

“Constant care from everyone, in matters great and small and always, is a necessary condition for the company’s success.”

A.P. Møller · Letter to Lindø Shipyard Management, 1964 · Primary source

“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.”

Amelia Earhart · Last Flight, 1937 · Primary source

“It’s never too early to start winning.”

Ian Fleming · Goldfinger, 1959 · Primary source

“Put all your eggs in the one basket and—watch that basket!”

Mark Twain · The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894 · Primary source

“We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth—but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced.”

John F. Kennedy · Address During The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 · Primary source

Works

John T. Reed · 2003
Succeeding

A practical guide to choosing goals, careers and relationships that reflect individual strengths, alongside advice on money, learning and risk.

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