Business Quotes - Page 83

As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest, and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses self-interest in a helpful and sustainable way, but only on behalf of those who can pay. Government aid and philanthropy channel our caring for those who can't pay. But to provide rapid improvement for the poor we need a system that draws in innovators and businesses in a far better way than we do today.

Think of business as a good game. Lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.

What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to see problems ... Once you see a problem and you keep looking at it you'll find an answer.

The longer you wait, the harder it is to provide outstanding customer service.

The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks.

Business is the most powerful force in society. It has the highest potential for solving social problems. Once consumers saw examples of prosperous companies integrating social concerns into their business practices, they were emboldened to demand the same of other businesses. Businesses could no longer say it was impossible.

Creating value is an inherently cooperative process, capturing value is inherently competitive.

True creativity often starts where language ends.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

Nothing is ever enough when what you are looking for isn't what you really want.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

Business is not financial science, it's about trading.. buying and selling. It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it.

It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations, enhances a person's ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate our day-to-day financial decision-making

When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner.

For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.

Each close you use should be an educational process by which you are able to raise the value in the prospect's mind.

Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

Many companies have long contended that stress in the home causes productivity loss in the market place.. and it does. But research now reveals that stress on the job causes stress at home. In other words, they feed off each other

What they don't realize is that I'm not in the business to make clothes. I'm not in the business to make more money for myself, for Christ's sake. This is the reason Patagonia exists - to put into action the recommendations I read about in books to avoid environmental collapse. That's the reason I'm in business - to try to clean up our own act, and try to influence other companies to do the right thing, and try to influence our customers to do the right thing. So we're not going to change.

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Industries and businesses that must operate in the marketplace of free choice know that they must change, they must adapt, they must accommodate to changes in public attitudes-or they will surely die.

Our concept of eco-effectiveness means working on the right things - on the right products and services and systems - instead of making the wrong things less bad. Once you are doing the right things, then doing them "right," with the help of efficiency among other tools, makes perfect sense.

Candidates have been telling you that if elected they would 'pull you from this bog hole of financial misery.' Now is a good chance to get even with 'em, by electing 'em, just to prove what a liar they are.

People that pay for things never complain. It's the guy you give something to that you can't please.