Business Quotes - Page 28

Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day

Indeed, if I understand this global-warming business correctly, the danger is that the waters will rise and drown the whole of Massachusetts, New York City, Long Island, the California coast and a few big cities on the Great Lakes - in other words, every Democratic enclave will be wiped out leaving only the solid Republican heartland. Politically speaking, for conservatives there's no downside to global warming.

What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.

Honor is better than honors.

There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

Contrary to what most of us believe, happiness does not simply happen to us. It's something that we make happen, and it results from doing our best. Feeling fulfilled when we live up to our potentialities is what motivates differentiation and leads to evolution.

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut.

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee of continuity is quality. Submerge the good in a flood of the new, and good will come back to join the good which the new brings with it. Old-fashioned hospitality, old-fashioned politeness, old-fashioned honor in business had qualities of survival. These will come back.

My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds.

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool.