Business Quotes - Page 86

Business is all about solving people's problems - at a profit.

Being a good human being is good business.

Being in business is not about making money. It is a way to become who you are.

If sustainability is going to take hold in the corporate sector in a big way - and we need it to - it will be when it produces big profits and faster growth. It won't happen because of an optional executive commitment to an abstract concept. It will happen because sustainability is a great business strategy. And it is

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.

You who seek an end of love, love yields to business: be busy, and you will be safe.

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.

What I know for sure is that behind every catastrophe, there are great lessons to be learned. Among the many that we as a country need to get is that as long as we play the "us and them" game, we don't evolve as people, as a nation, as a planet.

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

Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. Use auto-suggestion, have faith, imagination and overcome fear and time is your opposite player as in checkerboard.

Inside every working anarchy, there's an Old Boy Network.

...in the words of Max DePree: "Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: 'Who do we intend to be?' Not 'What are we going to do?' but 'Who do we intend to be?'"

Our jobs determine to a large extent what our lives are like. Is what you do for a living making you ill? Does it keep you from becoming a more fully realized person? Do you feel ashamed of what you have to do at work? All too often, the answer to such questions is yes. Yet it does not have to be like that. Work can be one of the most joyful, most fulfilling aspects of life. Whether it will be or not depends on the actions we collectively take.

One of the things I benefited from when I started this business was that I didn't know anything. I was just instinct with no preconceived notions. This enabled me to learn and change quickly without having to worry about maintaining any kind of status quo, like some of my bigger competitors.

There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.

Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!

It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.

When producers want to know what the public wants, they graph it as curves. When they want to tell the public what to get, they say it in curves.

The cave art of Madison Avenue has been by far the most innovative and educative art form of the twentieth century.

Short-term can be terminal.

The NBA (National Basketball Association) is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

Focus on building the best possible business. If you are great, people will notice and opportunities will appear.