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

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.

Aldus Manutius

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

Collins, Nathan

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

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

Every business is built on friendship.

Penney, J. C. (James Cash)

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

Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.

Dane, Frank

We're going to see a lot more young people entering entrepreneurial ventures.

Malek, Fred

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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Only as long as a company can produce a desired, worthwhile, and needed product or service, and can command the public, will it receive the public dollar and succeed

Carlson, Curtis

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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

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You can't run a business without taking risks.

Drexler, Millard

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The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.

Leavitt, Theodore

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I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

Sydney Biddle Barrows

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The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who makes up his decision on what he has seen. He is thoroughly persuaded of the truths of arithmetic. There is always a reason, in the man, for his good or bad fortune in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound, cent for cent -- for every effect a perfect cause -- and that good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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The first thing the secretary types is the boss.

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A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

Coffin, Harold

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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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Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication

Gerber, Michael E.

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If a fellow wants to be a nobody in the business world, let him neglect sending the mail man to somebody on his behalf.

Kettering, Charles F.

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You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.

Riorio

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

Bean, L.L.

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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

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

Warren Buffett

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Location, location, location.

Dillard, William

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If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Ogilvy, David

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

Forbes, B. C.

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Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Manzi, Jim

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The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

Drucker, Peter F.

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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

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

Iacocca, Lee

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

Thomas, Dylan

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

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

Proverb, German