962 private quotes tagged business

“Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.”— Tacitus

“It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.”— Isaac Asimov

“I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.”— Ron Paul

“If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.”— Thurgood Marshall

“We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.”— Alexis de Tocqueville

“If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.”— J. Paul Getty

“Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.”— Peter Drucker

“If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.”— B. C. Forbes

“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

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”— Gary Ryan Blair

“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”— Grenville Kleiser

“The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.”— John Hancock

“No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.”— Orison Swett Marden

“Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.”— Marilyn Monroe

“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.”— John D. Rockefeller

“I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.”— Zig Ziglar

“Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.”— Eminem

“Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.”— David Byrne

“My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.”— Thomas Huxley

“Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one.”— Stendhal

“No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.”— J. Paul Getty

“If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!”— Marilyn Monroe

“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first the cash will come later.”— Harold S. Geneen

“What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.”— Paul A. Volcker

“A man should never neglect his family for business.”— Walt Disney