Business Quotes

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.