60 Famous Business Quotes

~Famous Business Quotes~

1. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect-Mark Twain
2. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all-Dale Carnegie
3. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure-Colin Powell
4. There is only one boss, the customer and he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down simply by spending his money somewhere else-Sam Walton
5. Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations-Steve Jobs
6. The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax-Albert Einstein
7. No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution-Niccolo Machiavelli
8. Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit-Napoleon Hill
9. The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell-Confucius
10. All lasting business is built on friendship-Alfred A. Montapert
11. 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-Andy Warhol
12. Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best-Theodore Isaac Rubin
13. If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable-Lucius Annaeus Seneca
14. Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight-Henry R. Luce
15. Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean its useless-Thomas A. Edison
16. And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department-Andrew Carnegie
17. I want to put a ding in the universe-Steve Jobs
18. Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people-Mary Kay Ash
19. 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, it can be translated into riches-Napoleon Hill
20. It is not the strongest of the species that survive or the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change-Charles Darwin
21. Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity-Charles Dickens
22. If you work just for money you’ll never make it but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first then success will be yours-Ray Kroc
23. Winners take time to relish their work knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating-Denis Waitley
24. Management is nothing more than motivating other people-Le Iacocca
25. Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it-Dwight D. Eisenhower
26. The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question-Peter Drucker
27. To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business-J. Paul Getty
28. I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages-Robert Bosch
29. People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps-Mary Kay Ash
30. In business, I’ve discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That’s my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards- Donald Trump
31. In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins; cash and experience. Take the experience first and the cash will come later-Harold Geneen
32. To be successful you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart-Thomas Watson, Sr.
33. The absolute fundamental aim is to make money out of satisfying customers-John Egan
34. 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-Michael Dell
35. I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that for you to gain; those you deal with should gain as well-Alan Greenspan
36. You need to be aware of what others are doing; applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins-Jim Stovall
37. You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong-Warren Buffett
38. The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to neither make money nor find much fun in life-Charles M. Schwab
39. You must remain focused on your journey to greatness- Les Brown
40. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing-Theodore Roosevelt
41. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier-Charles F. Kettering
42. Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right-Henry Ford
43. You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills-Jim Rohn
44. A business has to be involving, it has to be fun and it has to exercise your creative instincts-Richard Branson
45. The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it and exploits it as an opportunity-Peter F. Drucker
46. Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all-time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing-Vince Lombardi
47. In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power and fulfill your potential. It’s no different in the financial realm-Suze Orman
48. The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools-Confucius
49. The first one gets the oyster the second gets the shell-Andrew Carnegie
50. Hire character. Train skill-Peter Schutz
51. The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency-Bill Gates
52. Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools but they must be kept to a minimum-Jeffrey Immelt
53. Who likes not his business, his business likes not him-William Hazlitt
54. The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few but information in the hands of many-John Naisbitt
55. The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar instead of how little he can give for a dollar is bound to succeed-Henry Ford
56. It’s through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we’ve always mapped our path at Dell. There’s always an opportunity to make a difference-Michael Dell
57. I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement-Donald Trump
58. To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you and something to inspire you-Tony Dorsett
59. Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business-Zig Ziglar
60. To win without risk is to triumph without glory-Pierre Corneille

~Famous Business Quotes~