Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. — Andy Warhol
Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships. — H. Ross Perot
A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all. — Michael Leboeuf
This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50. — Bill Gates
It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values. — Jerry Greenfield
We have very high standards and it works. Our business is wonderful as a result. — Jim Simons
In this business, it is about making an impact. — Randy Orton
The way to build a big business is to take care of people. — Tom Bilyeu
Great businesses are not built by extraordinary people but by ordinary people doing extraordinary things. — Michael Gerber
Very few people in business keep their word. When you find them, go into business with them. — Patrick Bet-David
The #1 business opportunity for those who want to create new wealth is educating consumers about products and services that will improve their lives. — Paul Zane Pilzer
Good companies will meet needs; great companies will create markets. — Philip Kotler
To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big. — Aliko Dangote
Just start small with what you have and you can grow the business. — Folorunsho Alakija
Being a great company is the new brand. — Alex Bogusky
Business is a combination of war and sport. — Andre Maurois
You want a business so simple an idiot could run it. Then, run it better than an idiot. — Alex Hormozi
A hard thing about business is minding your own — Unknown
Look after the customer and the business will take care of itself — Ray Kroc
Great companies are built by people who never stop thinking about ways to improve the business. — J. Willard Marriott
Top 10 Great Business Quotes
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. — Michael Porter
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. — Ronald Reagan
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. — Lee Iacocca
Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising. — Milton S. Hershey
Marketing takes a day to learn. Unfortunately, it takes a lifetime to master. — Philip Kotler
We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results. — R. A. Torrey
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. — Alexander Graham Bell
The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary. — Sam Walton
You have one business on earth – to save souls. — John Wesley
If you're going to be thinking anyway, think big! — Donald Trump
Great Business Image Quotes
Customer satisfaction is worthless. Customer loyalty is priceless. — Jeffrey Gitomer
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. — Jules Renard
Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. — Seneca
I'm busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day. — Les Miles
Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success. — Arianna Huffington
If you think you can't, you're right. — Carol Bartz
The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work — Steve Jobs
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. — John Steinbeck
If you're not serving the customer, your job is to be serving someone who is. — Jan Carlzon
One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration. — Andrew Carnegie
There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. — William Bennett
Silence is a source of great strength.
Good Business Quotes
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen in your life. — Joseph Murphy
As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business. — Peter Shilton
Make today so awesome, yesterday gets jealous.
I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations....I have built my own factory on my own ground. — Madam C. J. Walker
A good portfolio is more than a long list of good stocks and bonds. It is a balanced whole, providing the investor with protections and opportunities with respect to a wide range of contingencies. — Harry Markowitz
No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair. — George S. Patton
Great minds discuss ideas.Average minds discuss events.Small minds discuss people.
The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them. — John C. Maxwell
Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline. — James C. Collins
The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good. — Harold S. Kushner
Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival. — Dalai Lama
Great Company Quotes
If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate . . . Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better. — Elizabeth Ann Seton
This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It`s not just that the personal computer has come along as a great tool. The whole pace of business is moving faster. Globalization is forcing companies to do things in new ways. — Bill Gates
Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color. — Frederick Douglass
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
Maybe it makes me old-fashioned, but investing to me is about owning great companies for many, many years. — Francois Rochon
I was at business school doing pretty well for myself, had a few offers from some great companies. But when I traveled across the world, I was shocked by just how much pain, struggle, and anguish people had to go through to have basic necessities. — Jay Shetty
Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.
Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people. — James C. Collins
Good marketing makes the company look smart. Great marketing makes the customer feel smart. — Ryan Deiss
Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly. — Ellsworth Huntington
Darken your room, shut the door, empty your mind. You are still in great company. — Austin Osman Spare
Great Service Quotes
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily. — Saint Francis de Sales
An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service. — Harry S. Truman
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. — Theodore Roosevelt
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe that a great number of people are going to die and go to hell because they’re counting on their religiosity in the church instead of their relationship with Jesus to get them to heaven. They give lip service to repentance and faith, but they’ve never been born again. — Adrian Rogers
Prayer is the greatest power God has put into our hands for service - praying is harder than doing, at least I find it so, but the dynamic lies that way to advance the Kingdom. — Mary Slessor
Failure is a great teacher, and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.
If I am selling to you, I speak your language. If I am buying, dann müssen sie Deutsch sprechen. — Willy Brandt
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. — Oprah Winfrey
He who Serves his fellows is, of all his fellows, greatest — E. Urner Goodman
Great Businessman Quotes
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. — Aristotle
During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit of visiting a chess club during the late afternoon or evening to relax and find relief from the preoccupations of their work. — Jose Raul Capablanca
I know when my father [Donald Trump] puts his mind to something he's going to do a phenomenal job with it. He's a great businessman. He has an incredible track record. And I know he understands what this country needs and what it wants. — Donald Trump, Jr.
Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.
Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools - but they must be kept to a minimum. — Jeffrey R. Immelt
A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult. — Wolfgang Puck
I think, as everyone knows, Charles Kushner is one of the most successful businessmen in the United States and one of the great philanthropists of this century. — Jared Kushner
To a great mind, nothing is little.
I'm sure there are writers who are great businessmen, but I
never met any. — Arthur Miller
Experience taught me to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. — Donald Trump
My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
You're generally better off sticking with what you know. — Donald Trump
Successful Business Quotes
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever. — Walt Disney
Average people have great ideas. Legends have great execution.
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. — Bill Gates
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar
Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. — Michelle Obama
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale
A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ. — Jonathan Edwards
There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence. — Queen Elizabeth II
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates
You have to know accounting. It's the language of practical business life. It was a very useful thing to deliver to civilization. I've heard it came to civilization through Venice which of course was once the great commercial power in the Mediterranean. However, double entry bookkeeping was a hell of an invention. — Charlie Munger
I am more scared now that I was at any point since I began trading, because I recognize how ephemeral success can be in this business. I know that to be successful, I have to be frightened. My biggest hits have always come after I have had a great period and I started to think that I knew something. — Paul Tudor Jones
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives. — Tony Robbins
Becoming an authority in your industry can be a great way to promote your business and help you better serve your clients. — Lewis Howes
A busy calendar and a busy mind will destroy your ability to create anything great. — Naval Ravikant
To get your name well enough known that you can run for a public office, some people do it by being great lawyers or philanthropists or business people or work their way up the political ladder. I happened to become known from a different route. — John Glenn
Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy. — George S. Patton
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done. — Honore de Balzac
I'm the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. I got a championship game to play, and I'm excited for the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Please ask me after. I'm busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day! — Les Miles
It is the great business of every Christian to save souls. — Charles Grandison Finney
The Power of WHO provides great lessons about how to succeed in business and in life. If you surround yourself with quality people and great friends, the sky's the limit. — Wayne Gretzky
You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. — Napoleon Hill
I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office. — John Boehner
The railroad business is one of the great businesses of the world...first of all, they’re not going to build a new one right? If you own the second largest railroad in Canada...That’s Canadian Pacific. You know it’s an asset that was created 150 or 60 years ago...the replacement cost of the railroad is you know, hundreds of billions of dollars. — Bill Ackman
The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites. — Carl Jung
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