Business Quotes

... From want of foresight men make changes which relishing well at first do not betray their hidden...

... I believe that he will prosper most whose mode of acting best adapts itself to the character of ...

Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats a...

I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother...

I've always thought legal addictions are a great way to create a business. Starbucks is a wonderful ...

In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive ...

I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss.

If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Onl...

The decision must be made between Judaism and Christianity, between business and culture, between ma...

I come from Toledo, Ohio, a town that has been hurt badly by the shift of the automobile business to...

Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiv...

No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can u...

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.

The bottom line is down where it belongs - at the bottom.

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up 'cause they're looking f...

I'm totally against straight marriage - even though I'm married. I don't think heterosexual marriage...

We need a president who realizes that there's no government business in show business.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

Most of the masses still believe in magic, you know. Spells. Potions. It's a big business, I am told...

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the ...

The moment I entered the bright, buzzing lobby of Men’s House I was overcome by a sense of alienatio...

To defend our country we need to gather intelligence on the enemy, but when the intelligence lies to...

The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members...

Quite rapidly Etta became acquainted with the realities of poverty in one of its loneliest forms -- ...

In the twentieth century the women who wanted to be on their own were some of the best, the honest o...

An important priority for me is a business must get their own house in order. Be or become an agent ...

We have teams of people working on electric cars. So you never know - you may find Virgin competing ...

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

My early business ventures included growing Christmas trees and breeding birds.

Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not b...

I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sol...

Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from...

to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

I don’t believe it can be taught as if it were a recipe. There aren’t ingredients and techniques tha...

There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when i...

Before I came out, I had a lot of anger. For years people would ask, 'How are you doing?' and I'd sa...

The Web and new technology offer more opportunities to reach a world market at a lower price. Today,...

I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American...

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.

There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concer...

Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self esteem of their personnel. If people belie...

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got...

Because it started as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL has long been subject to U.N. sanctions,...

Idiocy in the modern age isn't an all-encompassing, twenty-four-hour situation for most people. It's...

Lately...the Peter Principle has given way to the "Dilbert Principle." The basic concept of the Dilb...

Theory of Evolution (Summary)First, there were some amoebas. Deviant amoebas adapted better to the e...

My happiness is not dictated on this business. Once I realized that, everything kind of changed.

Do extremely difficult work.That seems obvious, right? If you do something that's valued but scarce ...

When you work under the cloud of anxiety, the best strategy is to play it safe, because if (when!) i...

...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productiv...

The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indis...

If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the fut...

We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable...

Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You'...

Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk tomorrow's senior partner.

For the music business, social networking is brilliant. Just when you think it's doom and gloom and ...

I think the fact that my parents weren't conventional - especially considering their position - had ...

Today it was commerce that Europe valued and it was the businessmen who, having exploited what the s...

You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your w...

My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tende...

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not ...

It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to to , We hire smart people so t...

Great things in business are never done by one person.They are done by a team of people

Great things in business are never done by one person,They are done by a team of people

Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is on...

The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have...

If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity

To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of i...

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for ...

When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is INSUBORDINATION.

When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is COLLAPSE.

The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one standard of courage which all must reach.

We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country -- i...

Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory;  show your...

Danger has a bracing effect.

These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand.

If we wish to wrest an advantage from the enemy, we must not fix our minds on that alone, but allow ...

So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.

first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle;  if you will not begin...

mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy

Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the s...

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose.

Great results, can be achieved with small forces.

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not ...

When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is ...

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

who wishes to fight must first count the cost

If his forces are united, separate them.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.

the worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. 

When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it c...

If you do not take opportunity   to   advance and reward   the   deserving,   your subordinates will...