Business Quotes - Page 90

If a fellow wants to be nobody in the business world, let him neglect sending the mailman to somebody on his behalf.

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.

Customers can't always tell you what they want, but they can always tell you what's wrong.

It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.

The chief business of the American people is business.

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

Anything that is measured and watched, improves.

The answer is simple, and harsh. The market did not reward saving the lives of these children, and governments did not subsidize it. So the children died because their mothers and their fathers had no power in the market and no voice in the system.

We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail; it's ensuring that you spend your time on the e-mail that matters most.

He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work.

I regard the theatre as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone.

If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.

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.

With all due respect to Microsoft and Intel, there is no substitute for being in the right place at the right time.

You have to understand who you are and figure out a way to communicate it. It might be in a different industry, but it's about what pumps the blood through your veins, what makes you excited, what pushes your buttons. And then discovering the best way to communicate that, no matter how big or small; it's what you stand for, what you believe in, and what reflects who you are.

FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.

The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.

A model should be as simple as it can be but no simpler

If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.

I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives. But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.