Business Quotes

• In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

  Harold Geneen

  Life, Motivational, Graduation

  "Managing". Book by Harold Geneen, 1984.

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• A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

  Nolan Bushnell

  Hard Work, Starting Up, Next Week

  "Mina Bekheet - Cofounder of Oxford Biotech". Enterprising Oxford interview, www.eship.ox.ac.uk.

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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 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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• The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

  Orison Swett Marden

  Success, Leadership, Inspiration

  Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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• All the things I love is what my business is all about.

  Martha Stewart

  Love Is, Things I Love, Blogging

  “CNN Larry King Live”, www.cnn.com. July 19, 2004.

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• We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, Success, Survival Mode

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• Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

  Demosthenes

  Inspirational, Motivational, Good Luck

  "Dictionary of Quotations (Classical)" by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, (p. 511), 1897.

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• If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

  Ray Kroc

  Inspiring, Success, Motivation

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  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

  Inspirational, Money, Work

  "2010 BPM and Workflow Handbook" by Layna Fischer, Future Strategies Inc., (p. 178), 2010.

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  There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought

  Laurence J. Peter

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

  Tony Robbins

  Success, Tattoo, Powerful

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Dec 28, 2014

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  A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock or an opportunity clock?

  Zig Ziglar

  Morning, Opportunity, Entrepreneur

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Motivation, Educational

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year". Book by Norman Vincent Peale. Entry for April 13, 1993.

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• If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Wish, Customers, Ifs

  M. FREDERIC BASTIAT (1870). “SOPHISMS OF THE PROTECTIONISTS.”, p.222

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• Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Inspirational, Loyal Customers, Great Customer Service

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• Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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• Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Leadership, Money, Educational

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.251, Printed for H. Colborn

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  The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.

  Debbi Fields

  Successful, Entrepreneur, Important

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• If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Educational, Inspiring Customer Service

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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