Abraham Kuhn

Banker & Merchant German-American 1819 – 1892

Co-founded Kuhn, Loeb & Co. investment banking firm.

352 quotes

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Work
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Life
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Dreams
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
Hope
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
Courage
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Change
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."
Success
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."
Happiness
"Get busy living or get busy dying."
Life
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
Leadership
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
Adventure
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Wisdom
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
Truth
"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
Love
"Time flies when you're having fun."
Time
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Time
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best is now."
Nature
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Perseverance
"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."
Fear
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
Wisdom
"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."
Happiness
"Knowledge is power."
Knowledge
"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."
Friendship
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Perseverance
"Family is where life begins and love never ends."
Family
"Change is the only constant in life."
Change
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over it."
Courage
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
Art
"Science is the pursuit of truth."
Science
"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Music