Motivational Quotes

Business

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

Best Quotes about Business

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

Benjamin Franklin

There's a lot more business out there in small town America than I ever dreamed of.

Walton, Sam

Anything that you do to increase job security automatically does work for you. It makes your employees a closer part of the unit.

Smith, Roger

Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be

Barzan, Gerald

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

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

Adolt, H. V.

Every business is built on friendship.

Penney, J. C. (James Cash)

It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away.

Geneen, Harold S.

When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

Iacocca, Lee

10.

Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own standards--and living up to them--is a better way to profit. Not to mention a better way to make your day worth all the effort you put into it.

Seth Godin

11.

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

Geneen, Harold S.

12.

Business is more exciting than any game.

Beaverbrook, Lord

13.

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

Thomas, Dylan

14.

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

15.

I work in a strange business, and trust is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.

Basinger, Kim

16.

If you did not look after today's business then you might as well forget about tomorrow.

Mophatlane, Isaac

17.

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.

Wang, An

18.

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Buffett, Warren

19.

Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.

Little, Royal

20.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

Ford, Henry

21.

Every man is a consumer and ought to be a producer.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

22.

If you don't do it with excellence, don't do it at all! Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?

Townsend, Robert

23.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

Bristol, Lee

24.

People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.

Iacocca, Lee

25.

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

Geneen, Harold S.

26.

I am the world's worst salesman, therefore, I must make it easy for people to buy.

Woolworth, F. W.

27.

If you don't drive your business you will be driven out of business.

Forbes, B. C.

28.

You can't run a business without taking risks.

Drexler, Millard

29.

Good design can't fix broken business models.

Jeffrey Veen

30.

Business has only two functions -- marketing and innovation.

Drucker, Peter F.

31.

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

32.

You make the best products you can, and you grow as fast as you deserve to.

Olsen, Kenneth

33.

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, oh, the cheating that goes on.

Proverb, American

34.

If you train people properly, they won't be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier.

Marcinko, Richard

35.

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.

Churchill, Winston

36.

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises -- but only performance is reality.

Geneen, Harold S.

37.

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

Kiam, Victor

38.

The big will get bigger; the small will get wiped out.

Riklis, Meshulam

39.

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

Ogilvy, David

40.

A vacation should be just long enough that you're boss misses you, and not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.

41.

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

Bean, L.L.

42.

If you have lower than a ten percent turnover, there is a problem. And if you have higher than, say 20%, there is a problem.

Mcgovern, William

43.

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

Trump, Donald

44.

If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic!

Bernbach, William

45.

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

Cardenas, Ruben

46.

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

Forbes, B. C.

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For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.