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  If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.

  Warren Buffett

  Money, Work, Sleep

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• I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Money, Men, Sake

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.15, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that. The magazine stories make it sound like Mark Zuckerberg woke up one day and wanted to redefine how the world communicates [by creating] a billion-dollar company. He didn't.

  Drew Houston

  Zuckerberg, Creating, One Day

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• The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

  Gloria Steinem

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid.

  Will Rogers

  Government, Needs, Aids

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• For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Honesty, Financial, Finance

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• Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

  George Burns

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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  Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

  Simon Sinek

  Leadership, Communication, Thinking

  "Simon Sinek's Logistics Of Leadership". www.askmen.com.

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• Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.

  David Ogilvy

  Trying, Jargon, Idiot

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• Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

  Peter Drucker

  Money, Insperational, People

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• The noblest search is the search for excellence.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Motivational, Success, Inspiration

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

  William Arthur Ward

  Graduation, Wise, Encouragement

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  Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you.

  Mark Cuban

  Success, Encouragement, Educational

  Mark Cuban (2011). “How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It”, p.81, Diversion Books

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

  Aristotle Onassis

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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• If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.

  James Goldsmith

  Leadership, Motivation, Procrastination

  "Sir James Goldsmith, Financier, Dies at 64" by Youssed M. Ibrahim, www.nytimes.com. July 20, 1997.

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• Anything great that has been accomplished in the history of humanity has started with one small thought. We all have those thoughts; few people do anything with theirs, however. What do you intend to do with yours?

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Inspirational, People, Humanity

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• Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises, and even outright government subsidies.

  Herbert J. Muller

  Character, Loss, Government

  Herbert J. Muller (1952). “the Uses of the Past”

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• Despatch is the soul of business.

  Bill Vaughan

  Soul

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• If there is excitement in their lives, it is contained in the figures on the profit and loss sheet. What an indictment.

  Anita Roddick

  Loss, Excitement, Finance

  Anita Roddick (1994). “Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop”, Three Rivers Press

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• Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

  Tom Peters

  Design Process, Poor Quality, Simplicity

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• To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.

  Alvin Toffler

  Thinking, Textiles, London

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• I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.

  Donald Trump

  Success, Running, Eye

  Ken Lawrence, Donald Trump (2005). “The World According to Trump: An Unauthorized Portrait in His Own Words”, p.100, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

  Jack Welch

  Life, Change, Strength

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• The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

  Sun Tzu

  Leadership, War, Army

  "The Art of War". Chapter I: Detail Assessment and Planning. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• We always plan too much and always think too little.

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Thinking, Littles, Too Much

  Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.466, Routledge

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