Arthur Levitt Jr.
United States
3 Feb 1931 // 9 Feb 2001
Financial Advisor
3 Feb 1931 // 9 Feb 2001
Financial Advisor
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At its most basic level, a market represents an agreement between two people. For that market to sustain long-term health, those two people must honor that agreement. They must trust each other... you can have all the technology and global forces you want, but it's useless if basic trust does not exist.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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