Business Quotes - Page 13

• Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Humor, Treats

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• Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

  Don Marquis

  Funny Inspirational, Work, Entrepreneur

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• Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Work, Men, Priorities

  Robert Louis Stevenson (1999). “The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays”, p.40, Cooper Square Press

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• You can't overestimate the need to plan and prepare. In most of the mistakes I've made, there has been this common theme of inadequate planning beforehand. You really can't over-prepare in business!

  Chris Corrigan

  Mistake, Needs, Planning

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• Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Done, Ill, Wells

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• A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Positive, Educational, Failure

  Elbert Hubbard (1916). “The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard”

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• Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices other are unwilling to.

  Kim Ki-jung

  Successful, Sacrifice, Unwilling

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

  Lord Acton

  Beautiful, Funny Inspirational, Artist

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• To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Inspiration, Insperational, Vision

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

  Fernando Flores

  Motivational, Powerful, Work

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• People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Attitude

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• Let's be honest. There's not a business anywhere that is without problems. Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing a product or service to other imperfect human beings.

  Bob Parsons

  People, Honest, Imperfect

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• Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

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• Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Perseverance, Retirement

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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  If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

  Tallulah Bankhead

  Funny, Life, Witty

  "Tallulah: My Autobiography". Book by Tallulah Bankhead, 1952.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Insperational, Race

  1889 'The Gospel of Wealth', in the North American Review, Jun.

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• Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.

  J. Paul Getty

  Moving, Waiting, Overcoming Adversity

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• An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

  Mae West

  Funny, Commitment, Promise

  Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House

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• Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging

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• Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.

  Maurice Setters

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Attitude

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• Marketing's job is never done. It's about perpetual motion. We must continue to innovate every day.

  Beth Comstock

  Jobs, Innovation, Marketing

  "The quest for more creative, ambitious marketing - read the webchat again" by Matthew Caines, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2016.

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• Being in business is not about making money. It is a way to become who you are.

  Paul Hawken

  Way, Making Money, Who You Are

  Paul Hawken (1988). “Growing a Business”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.

  Peter Drucker

  Mistake, Wrong Answers, Asking

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Death, Money, World

  Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov. 1789

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