Motivational Quotes

Business

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.

- Lewis, E. St. Elmo

Best Quotes about Business

Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that he profits most who serves best and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying.

Harris, B. F.

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.

If each of us hires people smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs.

Ogilvy, David

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

Gilbey, Walter

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

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

Proverb, American

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Cardenas, Ruben

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

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Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch of a soft buck.

Chandler, Raymond

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You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.

Lewis, E. St. Elmo

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

Iacocca, Lee

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It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by -- Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.

Mulford Jr., Ren

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

Warren Buffett

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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

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

Hawken, Paul

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In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

Knudsen, William

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You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Walton, Sam

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Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.

Ritz, Cesar

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Among the worries of today's business executives is the large number of unemployed still on the payroll.

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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.

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

Iacocca, Lee

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

David Letterman

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

Wilde, Oscar

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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

Beene, Geoffrey

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Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives.

Rena, Peter

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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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A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.

Erhard, Ludwig

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

Revson, Charles

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

32.

The question is, then, do we try to make things easy on ourselves or do we try to make things easy on our customers, whoever they may be?

Frand, Erwin

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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

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Quality, service, cleanliness, and value.

Ross, Steven J.

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What helps people, helps business.

Burnett, Leo

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Business is like war in one respect. If its grand strategy is correct, any number of tactical errors can be made and yet the enterprise proves successful.

Woods, General Robert E.

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A dinner lubricates business.

Lord William Stowell

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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

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

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Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

Luce, Henry

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

Dickens, Charles

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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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Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Henderson, Bruce

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

Basinger, Kim

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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

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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.

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The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.

Morley, John

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Drive your business, let not your business drive you.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Branson, Richard