Business Quotes - Page 36

• I see myself as a climate change skeptic and a skeptic looks at the evidence and bases conclusions on the evidence rather than on belief. To hold the view that this is not an issue that you need to do something about, to hold the view that it's all a furphy takes belief.

  Ross Garnaut

  Believe, Ignorance, Views

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• Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.

  Bill Gates

  Money, Commitment, Organization

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• We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

  Paul Allen

  Commitment, Tough Times, Hung

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• Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

  Lakshmi Mittal

  Determination, Commitment, Dedication

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• I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

  Charles R. Schwab

  Success, Commitment, Rejection

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• Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do.

  Mark Cuban

  Life Changing, Treats, Customers

  Mark Cuban (2011). “How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It”, p.72, Diversion Books

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• Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.

  Mark Cuban

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Life Changing

  Mark Cuban (2011). “How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It”, p.83, Diversion Books

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• Our company has indeed stumbled onto some of its new products. But never forget that you can only stumble if you're moving.

  Richard Carlton

  Life And Love, Moving, Never Forget

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• I go through the same problems all young people go through. Being in this business, I accept that there are positives and negatives but having a strong family base and a belief in God enables me to weather the storms.

  Aaliyah

  Strong, Godly, Weather

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• Never play a thing the same way twice.

  Louis Armstrong

  Inspirational, Music, Play

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• Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death.

  Franz Lehar

  Children, Dying, Last Words

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• There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out.

  Richard Dawkins

  Death, Believe, Brain

  "The Real Romance in the Stars". www.independent.co.uk. December 31, 1995.

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• There is only one way to make a great deal of money; and that is in a business of your own.

  J. Paul Getty

  Way, Wealth, Deals

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• Even in the face of massive competition, don't think about the competition. Literally don't think about them. Every time you're in a meeting and you're tempted to talk about a competitor, replace that thought with one about user feedback or surveys. Just think about the customer.

  Mike McCue

  Motivational, Thinking, Competition

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• Every successful business creates or provides something of value that other people want or need at a price they're willing to pay, in a way that satisfies the purchaser's needs and expectations and provides the business sufficient revenue to make it worthwhile for the owners to continue operation.

  Josh Kaufman

  Motivational, Successful, People

  "The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business". Book by Josh Kaufman, August 28, 2012.

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• In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

  Owen Feltham

  Patience, Motivation, Three

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• I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive then I believe you are better off not doing it. A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

  Richard Branson

  Motivational, Fun, Believe

  Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

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• Business is all about solving people's problems - at a profit.

  Paul Marsden

  Motivational, People, Problem

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• Listen to your customers, not your competitors.

  Joel Spolsky

  Motivational, Competitors, Customers

  Joel Spolsky (2004). “Joel on Software”, p.336, Apress

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• If you want to sustain excellence over a long time, you'd better come up with a system that works well. Anyone can sprint for a little while, but you can't sprint for forty years.

  Michael Dell

  Motivational, Years, Long

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• It's not about money or connections. It's the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.

  Mark Cuban

  Motivational, Connections, Willingness To Learn

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• The Western societies which espouse free market capitalism survive by the pursuit of greed and, in their own way, like Communism, throw into leadership men and women (mostly men) who know how to gain, exert and manipulate power.

  Davis McCaughey

  Leadership, Men, Greed

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• ... what we should be looking for is fresh ideas of how we make moral decisions about our dealings with one another, economic, social, cultural. Economic determinism is an objectionable creed where men and women espouse it in its communist or capitalist form because it treats human beings as economic units and not as responsible persons.

  Davis McCaughey

  Leadership, Men, Ideas

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• You can't feel the need to be liked in public life, because if you do you will compromise the principles that are so important to the public having confidence in your ethics and integrity.

  Graeme Samuel

  Leadership, Integrity, Important

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• If you are given a public responsibility, you have to listen, weigh up all the issues, but ultimately you have to form a view of what you genuinely think is in the public interest... put the public interest above the vested interest.

  Graeme Samuel

  Leadership, Responsibility, Thinking

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