Business Quotes

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

Starting a business is a huge amount of hard work... You had better enjoy it.

Businessmen must move with the times...the correlation between knowledge and business as the key to success is closer than ever.

Succeeding in business and failing at home is a cop-out. For no success in the workplace will ever make up for failure at home.

Confidence is everything in this business.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing is none of my business' and 'What I am doing is none of your business.'

The primary reason in starting a business part-time is not so much to make a product great. The real reason for starting a part-time business is to make you a great businessperson.

Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business.

Business, after all, is nothing more than a bunch of human relationships.

Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.

I've never found a client's business problem that could be solved solely through advertising.

You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well.

It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not.

With all this consumer debt, business debt, government debt, smaller movements in interest rates have a magnified effect. a small movement can tip the boat.

The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views.

Life is a business that does not cover the costs.

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.

It is not your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so the rest lies with god.

Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your future.

I think, social business is the most logical thing to do. If we had done that, we could reduce all the problems we have.

The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much bigger business of plunder.

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.

No matter what business you're in, everyone in the organisation needs to know why

Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.

If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.

I minded my own business, and, unfortunately, so did everyone else.

That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which is another matter altogether.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

There is indeed a business like show business. It's the news.

In the business world, bad news is usually good news - for somebody else.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.

Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That's our new frontier out there, and it's everybody's business to know about space.

What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.

Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.

If Lady Gaga didn't put on all those outfits, she probably wouldn't have made it in show business. She put a show behind her voice.

It's just a reality of the business model. People are outsourcing a lot more, and China has established a pretty good infrastructure.

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.

Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.

People are unlikely to know that they need a product which does not exist and the basis of market research in new and innovative products is limited in this regard.

It horrifies me that ethics is only an optional extra at Harvard Business School.

I believe Satan exists for two reasons: first, the Bible says so, and second, I've done business with him.

It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.

The best presenters have conversations with their audiences.

The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.