Motivational Quotes

Business

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!

- Bovee, Christian Nevell

Best Quotes about Business

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.

Morley, John

The chief business of the American people is business.

Calvin Coolidge

Anything that you do to increase job security automatically does work for you. It makes your employees a closer part of the unit.

Smith, Roger

The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.

Leavitt, Theodore

Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.

Ovid

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

Jacobs, Randall

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication

Gerber, Michael E.

To business that we love we rise betime, and go to't with delight.

Shakespeare, William

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Maurois, Andre

10.

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

Hale, Sir Matthew

11.

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.

Aldus Manutius

12.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

Bristol, Lee

13.

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

Kiam, Victor

14.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

Knudsen, William

15.

Location, location, location.

Dillard, William

16.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

Beene, Geoffrey

17.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

Ford, Henry

18.

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

Perot, H. Ross

19.

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

Sydney Biddle Barrows

20.

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!

Bovee, Christian Nevell

21.

If you don't do it with excellence, don't do it at all! Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?

Townsend, Robert

22.

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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Leisure for people of business, and business for people of leisure would cure many problems.

24.

Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.

Morgan, John Pierpont

25.

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.

Blair, Tony

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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

Coke, Sir Edward

27.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

Baruch, Bernard M.

28.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

Kroc, Ray

29.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Watson, Thomas J.

30.

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making profits for shareholders.

Pickens, T. Boone

31.

Designing your product for monetization first, and people second will probably leave you with neither.

Tara Hunt

32.

Quality, service, cleanliness, and value.

Ross, Steven J.

33.

I buy when other people are selling.

Getty, J. Paul

34.

You don't want to get the same kind of advice from everyone on your board.

Cardenas, Ruben

35.

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.

Lewis, E. St. Elmo

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Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.

Armour, P. D.

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Don't worry about your physical shortcomings. I am no Greek god. Don't get too much sleep and don 't tell anybody your troubles. Appearances count: Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as though you have just come back from somewhere expensive: maintain an elegant address even if you have to live in the attic. Never nickel when short of cash. Borrow big, but always repay promptly.

Onassis, Aristotle

38.

It's the economy, stupid.

Clinton, Bill

39.

If you did not look after today's business then you might as well forget about tomorrow.

Mophatlane, Isaac

40.

What helps people, helps business.

Burnett, Leo

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The first thing the secretary types is the boss.