Motivational Quotes

Business

Business is a combination of war and sport.

- Maurois, Andre

Best Quotes about Business

Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

Field, Marshall

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

The happiest time in a man's life is when he is in the red hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Billings, Josh

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

John Cleese

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

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

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

Welch, John

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

Rena, Peter

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

Gilbey, Walter

10.

It doesn't matter to me if a man is from Harvard or Sing Sing. We hire the man, not his history.

Ford, Henry

11.

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

Perot, H. Ross

12.

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

Walton, Sam

13.

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

Buffett, Warren

14.

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

Warren Buffett

15.

Business is more exciting than any game.

Beaverbrook, Lord

16.

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

Nevill, Dorothy

17.

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

Onassis, Aristotle

18.

Charge less, but charge. Otherwise, you will not be taken seriously, and you do your fellow artists no favours if you undercut the market.

Elizabeth Aston

19.

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

Ogilvy, David

20.

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

Malek, Fred

21.

Few great men could pass personal.

Goodman, Paul

22.

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas.

Harvey-Jones, John

23.

Executives are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an executive away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them.

Baudrillard, Jean

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

Little, Royal

27.

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

Dane, Frank

28.

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

Basinger, Kim

29.

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

30.

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

Geneen, Harold S.

31.

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.

32.

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

Benjamin Franklin

33.

You can't run a business without taking risks.

Drexler, Millard

34.

What's good for the country is good for General Motors, and vice versa.

Wilson, Charles E.

35.

A dinner lubricates business.

Lord William Stowell

36.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Warhol, Andy

37.

You never really hear the truth from your subordinates until after 10 in the evening.

Jurgen Schrempp

38.

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

Collins, Nathan

39.

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

Mophatlane, Isaac

40.

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

Dickens, Charles

41.

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

Bond, Alan

42.

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

Kiam, Victor

43.

We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.

Walton, Sam

44.

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

45.

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.

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

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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

48.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

49.

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

50.

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