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• 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 banker is a person who is willing to make you a loan if you present sufficient evidence to show you don't need it.

  Herbert V. Prochnow

  Bankers, Needs, Loan

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• The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision.

  Scott McNealy

  Decision, Next, Worst

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• Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Important, Dollars, Lasts

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• Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Despair, Debt, Pay

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.2, Nayika Publishing

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• To be a success in business, be daring, be first, be different.

  Kenny Marchant

  Different, Firsts, Daring

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• Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.

  John Lahr

  Crazy, People, Lust

  The Guardian, August 1989.

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• If you don't hire at least one or two people that are smarter than you are, then you're a terrible manager and I don't need you.

  Nolan Bushnell

  Two, People, I Don't Need You

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• Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.

  B. C. Forbes

  Life, Too Late, Forget

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• The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

  Sun Tzu

  Leadership, War, Army

  "The Art of War". Chapter I: Detail Assessment and Planning. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivational, Work, Inspirational Life

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• I am aware that success is more than a good idea. It is timing too.

  Anita Roddick

  Success, Time, Ideas

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• We always plan too much and always think too little.

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Thinking, Littles, Too Much

  Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.466, Routledge

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• Don't become a slave to non-crucial matters.

  Robert Ringer

  Matter, Slave, Crucial

  Robert J. Ringer (2000). “Getting what You Want: The Seven Principles of Rational Living”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Little strokes fell great oaks.

  Benjamin Franklin

  4th Of July, Persistence, Accomplishment

  Benjamin Franklin (1821). “Essays and Letters”, p.81

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• In the four decades of philanthropy that have paralleled my business career, I've found that the same principles apply whether you're providing access to capital to grow a business, creating a new paradigm for medical research, or pioneering innovative approaches to education: Empower the most talented people in each field and encourage them to pursue their passions.

  Michael Milken

  Encouragement, Passion, Careers

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• I buy when other people are selling.

  J. Paul Getty

  Inspirational, People, Selling

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• The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances,
  imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

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• If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace.

  Jim Rohn

  Doctors, Wells, Feels

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• Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

  George Soros

  Wells, Humans, Knows

  Interview with Mark Shapiro, September 5, 2000.

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• Carpe per diem - seize the check.

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Money, Motivation

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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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  We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Being Strong, Humble

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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• Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

  Henry R. Luce

  Exercise, Occupation, Foresight

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