Business Success Quotes - Page 12

• The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last". Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., March 1, 1991.

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  If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Walden". Book by Henry David Thoreau, 1854.

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• Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

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

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• Learn your craft well. Take care of your own business. Success (popularity) is fleeting for most, but longevity lies in a quality craft with integrity. Oh, and don't take yourself too seriously.

  Oleta Adams

  Integrity, Lying, Quality

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• If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  'Epistulae ad Lucilium' letter 71, sect. 3

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• Developing a prototype early is the number one goal for our designers, or anyone else who has an idea, for that matter. We don't trust it until we can see it and feel it.

  Win Ng

  Success, Business, Ideas

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• Noone's a leader if there are no followers.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Success, Leadership, Business

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• It is decidedly not true that "nice guys finish last," as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to have said.

  Alan Greenspan

  Life, Success, Baseball

  "Maintaining Economic Vitality". Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan, www.federalreserve.gov. September 8, 1999.

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• Actually I did not invent the seven habits, they are universal principles and most of what I wrote about is just common sense. I am embarrassed when people talk about the Covey Habits, and dislike the idea of being some sort of guru.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Success, Business

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• Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers.

  Michael Dell

  Success, Money, Business

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• When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner.

  Zig Ziglar

  Character, Next, Principles

  Zig Ziglar (2004). “Secrets of Closing the Sale”, p.190, Revell

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• It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.

  Samuel Smiles

  Art, Perspective, Secret

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.100

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• I'm convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that's right.... People don't succeed by migrating to a "hot" industry (one word: dotcom) or by adopting a particular career-guiding mantra (remember "horizontal careers"?). They thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are--and connecting that to work that they truly love (and, in so doing, unleashing a productive and creative power that they never imagined).

  Po Bronson

  Careers, People, Creative

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• Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

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• Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

  Robert Collier

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Success, Motivation

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• Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

  Bill Gates

  Success, Business, Technology

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• If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.

  Kathy Ireland

  Self Esteem, Guarantees That, Tomorrow

  "Kathy Ireland: Designing Woman". Interview with Lisa Ryan, www.cbn.com.

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• When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

  William J. Clinton

  Dream, Knowledge, College

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.89, Best Books on

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• The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Jobs, Quality, Management

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• Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.

  Ron Jaworski

  Motivational, Positive, Success

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• To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

  Steve Jobs

  Success, Business, Technology

  "Speaking Out: Apple's and Pixar's Steve Jobs". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. August 25, 2003.

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• A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Bullying, Fear, Play

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