Sanford Weill quotes

Details create the big picture. (Sanford Weill)
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 to me.
Sanford Weill
I think we are a product of all our experiences.
Sanford Weill
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 oil, but didn't know a heck of a lot about what I did.
Sanford Weill
Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.
Sanford Weill
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 limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family.
Sanford Weill
I was sort of a sissy as a little kid.
Sanford Weill
I believe in giving back very strongly.
Sanford Weill
And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.
Sanford Weill
I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.
Sanford Weill
I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline. (Sanford Weill)
I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.
Sanford Weill
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 great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.
Sanford Weill
I've been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what we've done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.
Sanford Weill
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, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.
Sanford Weill
I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.
Sanford Weill
My parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade.
Sanford Weill
One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century.
Sanford Weill
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.
Sanford Weill
A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people's lives.
Sanford Weill
If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit. (Sanford Weill)
If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.
Sanford Weill
What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it - is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.
Sanford Weill
The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.
Sanford Weill
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 with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.
Sanford Weill