Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
BILL BONNEREverything you need is already inside.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery – and there’s not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.
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You don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
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None of the problems that caused the crises in Europe and America have been resolved. They have been delayed and expanded by more debt and more money printing and will lead to more and worse crises.
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If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They’re never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.
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To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
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If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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People are upset. They know something is wrong. But they don’t know what. The real explanation is too complicated. They won’t sit still for it. So, they look for scapegoats – the rich…the banks…the Chinese.
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People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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Several of my critics have said, ‘Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.’ They’re partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? ‘Don’t overcoach.’
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Don’t give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
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Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are ‘checks and balances,’ built into the constitution, for example.
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Everything you need is already inside.
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