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Quotes on Business and Managing
Quality is not an act. It is a habit. Aristotle
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. Albert Einstein
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. William Penn
If you do not have the time to read, you do not have the time to lead. Phillip Schlechty
It's easy to point a finger, but much harder to point the way. Duane Alan Hahn
The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do. Roy L. Smith
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. Ken Blanchard
Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. Antisthenes
The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business. Derby Brown
I advertise for the same reason a pilot keeps the plane's engines running even though the plane is already in the air. R. J. Wrigley (adapted)
Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate towards some goal which they come to find desirable and which motivates them over the long haul. Orway Tead
If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self-interest, you can have practically anything you go after. Napoleon Hill
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. Publilius Syrus
Caring is a powerful business advantage. Scott Johnson
What helps people, helps business. Leo Burnett
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile. Chinese Proverb
Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can. Gary Comer
If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is. Karl Albrecht
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. Sam Walton
Every company's greatest assets are its customers, because without customers there is no company. Michael LeBoeuf
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people. Thomas J. Peters
If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play. John Cleese (Trivia: pronounced "cleeze")
The law of work seems unfair but nothing can change it: The more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make. Mark Twain (adapted)
Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do. Malcolm S. Forbes
Men who do things without being told draw the most wages. Edwin H. Stuart
It's said that Tom Watson, head of IBM, was asked if he was going to fire an executive whose recent mistake cost the company six hundred thousand dollars. Watson shook his head and explained, "I just spent six hundred thousand dollars training him. Why would I want anyone else to hire his experience?" Unknown
In a fight for survival, you don't lead with your chin. Gord Kelly
Train everyone lavishly, you can't overspend on training. Thomas J. Peters
For organizations and employees alike, the only real security is the ability to grow, change and adapt. Kearney
The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss. Diane Ravitch
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. Leo Rosten
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Sir James Goldsmith
I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing. Sam Ervin
Make every decision as if you owned the whole company. Robert Townsend
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone. Lady Stella Reading
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. Henry David Thoreau
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. Kin Hubbard
Never mistake activity for achievement. John Wooden
The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man does not get much further. Sir Heneage Ogilvie
Excuses interest no one except the competition. Unknown
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't. Martin Van Buren
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Henry Ward Beecher
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. Napoleon Hill
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. Charles De Gaulle
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. Benjamin Jowett
We will either find a way, or make one. Hannibal
Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods. Niccolo Machiavelli
Act as if it were impossible to fail. James K. Van Fleet
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. George Eliot
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson
There are men so conservative they believe nothing should be done for the first time. Unknown
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour. Elbert Hubbard
Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. George Canning
People who come up with "It may not work" or "What are we going to do if it fails?" do not have the credentials to be businessmen. If there is only a 1 percent chance of success, a true businessperson sees that 1 percent as the spark to light a fire. Kim Woo-Choong
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. Winston Churchill
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