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32 quotes by Sanford I. Weill

Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill (/waɪl/; born March 16, 1933) is an American banker, financier and philanthropist. He is a former chief executive and chairman of Citigroup. He served in those positions from 1998 until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006, respectively.
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I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the... →

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I think we are a product of all our experiences.

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Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.

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I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships... →

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And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it... →

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If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

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You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.

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And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that... →

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From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something... →

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I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful... →

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My mother really didn't know a heck of a lot about business. She was a very good mother, that made sure we ate right and we had our cod liver... →

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So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you... →

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