Quotes by Businessmen

The weird thing is that the more efficient, on task, on goal you are with your time, the more energy you have. Working with no traction, or for that matter simply wasting a day, does not relax you, it drains you.//Strange as it may seem, when you work a daily plan in pursuit of your written goals that flow from your mission statement born of your vision for living your dreams, you are energized after a tough long day.

Dave Ramsey

People become successful the minute they decide to.

Harvey MacKay

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.

Michael Jordan

To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch ofundeserving people.

Charles T. Munger

A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.

George W. Bush

It isn't enough to pick a path—you must go down it. By doing so, you see things you couldn't possibly see when you started out; you may not like what you see, some of it may be confusing, but at least you will have, as we like to say, "explored the neighborhood." The key point here is that even if you decide you're in the wrong place, there is still time to head toward the right place.

Ed Catmull

We need to teach a highly educated person that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently for failing is one of the greatest arts of the world.

Charles F. Kettering

To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.

Nelson Bunker Hunt

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.

Stephen R. Covey

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has but I notice he usually blunders forward.

Thomas A. Edison

Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).

Stephen R. Covey

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving ... if your sights are set far above the merely secure and mediocre.

David Sarnoff

Results? Why man I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

Thomas A. Edison

The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

John D. Rockefeller

I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.

Warren Buffett

If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

Warren Buffett

It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.

Stephen Covey

People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.

Stephen R. Covey

I have always believed that atrademark is the life of an enterpriseand that it must be protected boldly. Atrademark and a company name arenot just clever gimmicks-they carryresponsibility and guarantee thequality of the product. If someone triesto get a free ride on the reputation andthe ability of another who has workedto build up public trust, it is nothingshort of thievery. We were not flatteredby this theft of our name.

Akio Morita

It’s not great when your husband thinks the only guy who can talk to you, is some other guy.

Jonas Eriksson

People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with correct principles, to get the job done.

Stephen R. Covey

Trust doesn't mean that you trust that someone won't screw up— it means you trust them even when they do screw up.

Ed Catmull

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

Donald J. Trump

So much to do so little done.

Cecil Rhodes

There is a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.' - Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 2000

George W. Bush

Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't.

John H. Patterson

I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.

Stephen R. Covey

Trust is the glue of life.

Stephen Covey

It’s clearly a budget. It’s got lots of numbers in it.

George W. Bush

If you act like you're rich you'll get rich.

Adnan Koashoggi

It is no wonder that Satan hates the family and has hurled his venom against it in the form of Communism.

William R. Bowen

Money is just an idea.

Robert T. Kiyosaki

The sun that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, andwill still be shining when thy last grandchild shall pass into the darkness.

George S. Clason

I told myself that I was going to live the rest of my life as if it were Saturday.

Chip Gaines

...not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.

Warren Buffett

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas A. Edison

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and receives and thus like mercy is twice blessed.

Erastus Wiman

Engaging in activities devoid of difficulty, lounging in risk-free zones, is life without great meaning.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

Donald J. Trump

You know what uranium is, right? This thing called nuclear weapons like lots of things are done with uranium including some bad things.

Donald J. Trump

We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

Stephen R. Covey

There are cameras nowadays that have been developed to tell the difference between a squirrel and a bomb.

George W. Bush

Wealth isn't always measured in dollar signs. We each have time, talent and creativity, all of which can be powerful forces for positive change. Share your blessings in whatever form they come and to whatever level you have been blessed.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

For some, I realize, business is the all-out pursuit of profits, period, full stop, but for us business was no more about making money than being human is about making blood.

Phil Knight

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

Thomas A. Edison

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves it s amazing what they can accomplish.

Sam Walton

Simplicity starts in the heart, away from negativity and pessimism.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

The great obstacle to communication is the tendency to constantly evaluate or moralize with others, creating in them a fear to speak or act. The great key to this communication is to learn to listen attentively with understanding to the other person’s point of view creating an atmosphere of love and approval.

Stephen Covey

When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.

Nido Qubein

It is easy to build a philosophy. It doesn't have to run.

Charles F. Kettering

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

It comes from within.

Stephen R. Covey

As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.

Donald J. Trump

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Harvey S. Firestone

But borrowing strength builds weakness.

Stephen R. Covey

Change or you will be changed: leaders who neglect the good of their people will be forsaken. Leadership is a service, not a gateway to privilege.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Emotions are what make us human. Make us real. The word 'emotion' stands for energy in motion. Be truthful about your emotions, and use your mind and emotions in your favor, not against yourself.

Robert T. Kiyosaki

Men of genius are the worst possible models for men of talent.

Murray D. Edwards

Stay humble as a writer: write on toilet paper.

Jonas Eriksson

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