Although the market has begun to pick up, there’s online pharmacy without a prescription not a plethora of good news to discuss. However, speaking like a true commercial real estate professional, there’s always a way to stay positive. I read an interesting blog post this morning on CRE-Advice.com about using quotes to achieve success in commercial real estate.
Rather than reproducing Robert’s (Twitter) entire post, I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotes pertaining to investing and CRE. Hopefully you find some inspiration in them:
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” ~ William Ward
“Spectacular achievements are always preceded by painstaking preparation” ~. Roger Staubach
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” ~ William Ward
“I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.” ~ Scotty Bowman
“It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.” ~ Colin Powell
“Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions”. ~ Anonymous
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” B Disraeli
“A good player plays where the puck is. A great player plays where the puck is going to be” ~ Wayne Gretzky
“Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process” ~ B Graham, Father of Value Investing
“You make most of your money in a bear market, you just don’t realize it at the time” Shelby Cullom Davis, Investor
“I don’t look to jump over seven foot bars; I look around for one foot bars that I can step over” ~ Warren Buffett
“I’ve learned… that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.” ~ Andy Rooney
“Celebration of your achievement is as important as your achievement because success builds on success.” John Powers
“You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.” -Thomas Watson
“I’ve Never Worked a Day in My Life” – Bill Pulte of Pulte Homes on enjoying his life’s work
“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.” ~ Vince Lombardi
“Many of life’s failures are people who do not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.”
“The worst loans are made in the best of times. The best loans are made in the worst of times” ~ Unknown
“You can’t make a good deal with a bad person” ~ Zig Ziglar
What are some of your favorite quotes pertaining to real estate investment?
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