Motivational Quotes

Business

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

- Morley, John

Best Quotes about Business

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.

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

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.

Rothschild, Sir Nathan

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

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Walton, Sam

What helps people, helps business.

Burnett, Leo

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

The chief business of the American people is business.

Calvin Coolidge

10.

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

11.

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

Revson, Charles

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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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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.

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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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You can't run a business without taking risks.

Drexler, Millard

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A hard thing about business is minding your own

17.

Quality, service, cleanliness, and value.

Ross, Steven J.

18.

Our planning system was dynamite when we first put it in. The thinking was fresh; the form mattered little. It was idea oriented. We then hired a head of planning, and he hired two vice presidents, and then he hired a planner; and the books got thicker, and the printing more sophisticated, and the covers got harder, and the drawings got better.

Welch, John

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

Proverb, American

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

Geneen, Harold S.

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

Khrushchev, Nikita

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

Aldus Manutius

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

Morley, John

25.

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

Gerber, Michael E.

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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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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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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

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

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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

Cardenas, Ruben

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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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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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Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Galvin, Robert

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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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You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Watson, Thomas J.

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

Iacocca, Lee

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Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

Cooley, Mason

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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

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Good design can't fix broken business models.

Jeffrey Veen

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

Dickens, Charles

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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

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I buy when other people are selling.

Getty, J. Paul

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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Perot, H. Ross

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The novice in advertising frequently gives the public credit, for too much intelligence.

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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

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

Collins, Nathan

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

Warren Buffett

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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