Motivational Quotes

Business

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

- Jefferson, Thomas

Best Quotes about Business

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

Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it.

Burns, M. Anthony

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.

Branson, Richard

A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away from them. Everything with them is done as though for sale, and they naturally have in view the greatest possible benefit, profit and that end of the stuff that will make the best show.

Herzen, Alexander

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

Jefferson, Thomas

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.

Peters, Thomas J.

Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.

Morgan, John Pierpont

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

Walton, Sam

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

Watson, Thomas J.

10.

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.

11.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

Baruch, Bernard M.

12.

When you are skinning your customers you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again.

Khrushchev, Nikita

13.

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

Bean, L.L.

14.

You can't run a business without taking risks.

Drexler, Millard

15.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Warren Buffett

16.

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

Barzan, Gerald

17.

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

18.

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

Mophatlane, Isaac

19.

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.

Mcnealy, Scott

20.

It's the economy, stupid.

Clinton, Bill

21.

Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.

Dahlberg, Edward

22.

What helps people, helps business.

Burnett, Leo

23.

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

Geneen, Harold S.

24.

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

25.

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

Proverb, American

26.

Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.

Armour, P. D.

27.

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

Wilde, Oscar

28.

Every business is built on friendship.

Penney, J. C. (James Cash)

29.

To business that we love we rise betime, and go to't with delight.

Shakespeare, William

30.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

Kiam, Victor

31.

If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic!

Bernbach, William

32.

In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope.

Revson, Charles

33.

The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of corporate governance and shareholders' ability to influence annual general meetings.Institutions should be obliged to make public how they vote at such events.They should be obliged to provide customers with a record of how they vote on every kind of issue.

Donovan, Patrick

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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

35.

Leisure for people of business, and business for people of leisure would cure many problems.

36.

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!

Bovee, Christian Nevell

37.

There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.

David Letterman

38.

The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory.Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat.Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

Handy, Charles

39.

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

Walton, Sam

40.

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

Basinger, Kim

41.

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

Dickens, Charles

42.

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

Geneen, Harold S.

43.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Henderson, Bruce

44.

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

45.

A dinner lubricates business.

Lord William Stowell

46.

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

47.

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

Young, Owen D.

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The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance.