Tag: Sam Houston
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I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
Sam Houston
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Capital isn’t scarce; vision is.
Sam Houston
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
Sam Houston
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
Sam Houston
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A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.
Sam Houston
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Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.
Sam Houston
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Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages.
Sam Houston
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Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.
Sam Houston
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In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn’t pay my employees well.
Sam Houston
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Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.
Sam Houston