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

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Motivational

  Letter to Heinrich Zangger (1917), as quoted in "Albert Einstein: A Biography" by Albrecht Fölsing, (p. 399), 1997.

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• The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're dealing with. And when they think about you, you've got to stand out in their minds--like one of those characters in a novel.

  Candace Bushnell

  Character, Thinking, People

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• Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

  Evan Esar

  Lying, Believe, Science

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• I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience.

  Debbi Fields

  Jobs, Feel Good, Joy

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• He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Friendship, Wise, Dog

  Jerome K. Jerome (2016). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.69, Jerome K. Jerome

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• Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Spiritual, Sides, Advertising

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• You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

  Norman Douglas

  Advertising, Nigeria Independence, Idealism

  SouthWind ch. 7 (1917)

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• The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Awards, Achievement, Salary

  Annals of an Abiding Liberal ch. 6 (1979)

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• We are always saying to ourself.. we have to innovate. We got to come up with that breakthrough... we're only paid for breakthroughs.

  Bill Gates

  Come Up, Breakthrough, Paid

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• Sell practical, tested merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings - and they will always come back.

  Leon Leonwood Bean

  Service Culture, Profit, Treats

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• The best players in any high-stakes field - business, entertainment, law, surgery, as well as sport - recognize that pressure occurs at the moments when meaningful accomplishment is possible. In fact, that is the reason why performers perform: for the opportunity to tackle challenges head on, to do something significant, to demonstrate what their hard work and talent can produce.

  John Eliot

  Success, Meaningful, Sports

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• The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Success, Ambition, Men

  John D. Rockefeller (2003). “Random Reminiscences of Men and Events”, p.133, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Night, Waiting, Pay

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• The message from Wal-Mart today to the rest of the business community is there need not be any conflict between the environment and the economy. We will find the way not only to reconcile (those), but to find new profits and new opportunities as we do the right thing.

  Al Gore

  Opportunity, Community, Needs

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• Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Motivational, Purpose

  Leonardo (da Vinci) (1938). “The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”

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• Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Positive, Want

  "Geek mythology and Nikola Tesla" by Rebekah Higgitt, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2012.

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• Advertising is the life of trade.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Advertising, Trade

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• Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Success, Witty, Perseverance

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  The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Hope

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Carlyle (1841). “Essays”, p.4

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• The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

  Henry Ford

  Money, Funny Inspirational, Entrepreneur

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• Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.

  John Wanamaker

  Money, Marketing, Half

  "Confessions of an Advertising Man". Book by David Ogilvy, Chapter 3, 1963.

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• Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.

  Peter Drucker

  Success, Creativity, Two

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Management”, p.67, Routledge

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• I am the world's worst salesman, therefore, I must make it easy for people to buy.

  Frank Winfield Woolworth

  People, Marketing, World

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• More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

  Rose Kennedy

  Educational, Reality, Years

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