Business Quotes

My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle, so he grew up in the countryside.

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.

In business, what distinguishes leaders from laggards and greatness from mediocrity is the ability to uniquely imagine what could be.

For myself, I have but little confidence in any business, or enterprise, or investment, that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders.

It’s not about the money. Its about creating a business out of your life’s purpose and mission.

Doing more with less, is a crucial principle to learn; especially if you're going to be in business in this rapidly changing world.

For will anyone dare to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling among boats? He must have never seen a boat, or never seen an office, who says so.

Dogs live with man as courtiers 'round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice ... to push their favor in this world of pickings and caresses is, perhaps, the business of their lives.

You should prepare when you go to a public event to be public. That's when I will sign autographs. But not when you're going about your normal business.

If you couldn't tell the difference between what hurt and what didn't, you had no business being alive. You can't have any good times if you can't tell.

I'm not in business to be loved, but I am in business.

We know there is a problem with communication but we are not going to discuss it in front of the entire staff.

The world is cluttered up with unfinished business in the form of projects that might have been successful, if only at the tide point someone's patience had turned to active impatience.

The chief business of seventeenth-century philosophy was to reckon with seventeenth-century science... the chief business of twentieth-century philosophy is to reckon with twentieth-century history.

Oh, when I was a kid in show business I was poor. I used to go to orgies to eat the grapes.

The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

Procrastination is one of the most expensive invisible costs in business today.

The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, never being in business, never really negotiating, give away for nothing things they shouldn't give away.

Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.

My back to the goal, physically fighting off defenders, trying to bang my goals in, every week I have to do the business for this club. That's the life of a striker.

If you are in this business long enough, you hear about a thousand things that are going to kill you. Open source? Yeah, we are not dead yet. Cloud? That's not new; it's a new name.

There’s a lot more business out there in small town America than I ever dreamed of.

To read, write, and converse in due proportions, is, therefore, the business of a man of letters.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

The best time to do great customer service is when a customer is upset.

Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.

Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.

I don't care about awards and public image. We know the business of entertainment. We worship our work, we worship our clients and we worship profitability.

Because of my personal history, my professional skills and my business achievements, I am a man nobody can expect to compare himself with.

Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community.

An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.

Peace of counscious is greater than peace of mind. Peace of mind is more externally oriented. Peace of consciousness is when you know you have been honest in all your business dealings.

If I were asked to give the best idea of which I am capable, it would be that we should get out of the junk business and then start laying up treasures in heaven.

Not only was [Edwin Land] one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.

Yesterday I saw a chicken crossing the road. I asked it why. It told me it was none of my business.

The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business.

You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.

Your needs will be met once you can find a way of projecting energy and fulfilling someone else's need.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

The essence of show business is, if you see a tight-rope walker go across a tight rope, everybody claps. But, if you see him wobble, everybody gasps.

I feel very strongly that you can't just beat people up anymore; you have to work hand in hand and find ways to compromise, and get big business involved, because it won't happen otherwise.

What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.

He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.

We should not say how's business, but where is business

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs.

It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and morale, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business.