Motivational Quotes

Business

HereÆs my theory about meetings and life; the three things you canÆt fake are erections, competence and creativity. ThatÆs why meetings become toxic they put uncreative people in a situation in which they have to be something they can never be. And the more effort they put into concealing their inabilities, the more toxic the meeting becomes. One of the most common creativity-faking tactics is when someone puts their hands in prayer position and conceals their mouth while they nod at you and say,'Mmmmmm. Interesting.'If pressed, theyÆll add,'IÆll have to get back to you on that.'Then they donÆt say anything else.

- Douglas Coupland

Best Quotes about Business

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

Perot, H. Ross

It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.

Dunn, Paul H.

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Geneen, Harold S.

The consumer isn't a moron. She is your wife.

Ogilvy, David

Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces.In the boardroom, it is different.I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.

Foulston, Nicola

We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.

Adolt, H. V.

The more I know about business, the more IÆm convinced that it is conducted in homes and churches far more than in office buildings.

Laura Moncur

The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.

Jefferson, Thomas

The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable.

Nevill, Dorothy

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A hard thing about business is minding your own

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Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Kashoggi, Adnan

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Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.

Grove, Andrew

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Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

Benjamin Franklin

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Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work. Condition your people to avoid compromise.

Townsend, Robert

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Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business, but living.

Forbes, B. C.

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You don't want to get the same kind of advice from everyone on your board.

Cardenas, Ruben

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Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

Welch, John

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Don't worry about your physical shortcomings. I am no Greek god. Don't get too much sleep and don 't tell anybody your troubles. Appearances count: Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as though you have just come back from somewhere expensive: maintain an elegant address even if you have to live in the attic. Never nickel when short of cash. Borrow big, but always repay promptly.

Onassis, Aristotle

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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

Coke, Sir Edward

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People will go right on preferring to do business with friends.

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Work is our business; it's success is God s.

Proverb, German

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No sale is really complete until the product is worn out, and the customer is satisfied.

Bean, L.L.

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As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

Hawken, Paul

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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.

Lippmann, Walter

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Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.

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The novice in advertising frequently gives the public credit, for too much intelligence.

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To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.

Mitchell Caplan

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Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Bond, Alan

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I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

John Cleese

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To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

Patterson, John H.

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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

Allen, Fred A.

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The business of the country is business.

Coolidge, Calvin

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You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.

Ceo, Harold Geneen

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Business is more exciting than any game.

Beaverbrook, Lord

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Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your own family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine. Do as you would be done by. If you tell lies about a product, you will be found out -- either by the Government, which will prosecute you, or by the consumer, who will punish you by not buying your product a second time. Good products can be sold by honest advertising. If you don't think the product is good, you have no business to be advertising it.

Ogilvy, David

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We have yet to see the full impact of the open, global marketplace. By 1997 all raw materials and technology will be available everywhere in the world. The only differences between countries and markets will be skill levels, education, and the level of empowerment of the workplace.

Pritchett, Lew

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I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

Ford, Henry

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I buy when other people are selling.

Getty, J. Paul

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Business is like a wheelbarrow--it stands still until someone pushes it.

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If we decide to take this level of business creating ability nationwide, we'll all be plucking chickens for a living.

Perot, H. Ross