Business Quotes

Welcome to Business Quotes, the ultimate source for inspirational and motivational quotes for business professionals. Here you will find a collection of quotes from some of the most successful business leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators of all time. Whether you are looking for a quote to inspire you to take action, or just need a bit of motivation to get through the day, you will find it here. With our wide selection of quotes, you are sure to find the perfect one to fit your needs. So, take a look around and find the perfect quote to help you reach your goals.
Small: Bill Cosby - Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained
Bill Cosby
"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: Alfred A. Montapert - All lasting business is built on friendship
Alfred A. Montapert
"All lasting business is built on friendship"
Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher
Small: Matt Drudge - Television saved the movies. The Internet is going to save the news business
Matt Drudge
"Television saved the movies. The Internet is going to save the news business"
Matt Drudge, Celebrity
Small: Sam Donaldson - But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, youve got to give 110 percent
"But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent"
Sam Donaldson, Journalist
Small: Jeffrey Dean Morgan - I think, as Ive gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in t
"I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than ever, love what I do"
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Actor
Small: Tommy Kirk - I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. Ive done it for 20 years. I live
"I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well"
Tommy Kirk, Actor
Small: Frederick Soddy - The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking busi
"The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today"
Frederick Soddy, Scientist
Small: Glenn Frey - I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of t
"I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody"
Glenn Frey, Musician
Small: Oystein Stray Spetalen - In business, you have to be able to adapt and change your approach if something isnt
Øystein Stray Spetalen
"In business, you have to be able to adapt and change your approach if something isn't working"
Øystein Stray Spetalen, Businessman
Small: Oystein Stray Spetalen - You have to be able to handle the ups and downs in business, and be able to pick your
Øystein Stray Spetalen
"You have to be able to handle the ups and downs in business, and be able to pick yourself up and keep moving forward"
Øystein Stray Spetalen, Businessman
Small: David Byrne - I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of
David Byrne
"I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: Benjamin Franklin - Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the t
Benjamin Franklin
"Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: Benjamin Franklin - The first mistake in public business is the going into it
Benjamin Franklin
"The first mistake in public business is the going into it"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: George Will - Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it
George Will
"Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it"
George Will, Journalist
Small: Aristotle - It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special bus
Aristotle
"It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Small: Benjamin Disraeli - My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business
Benjamin Disraeli
"My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
Small: Charles Dickens - The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you
Charles Dickens
"The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you"
Charles Dickens, Novelist
Small: Charles Dickens - Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moraliti
Charles Dickens
"Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions"
Charles Dickens, Novelist
Small: Henry Ward Beecher - Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foun
Henry Ward Beecher
"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
Small: Mahatma Gandhi - It is easy enough to be friendly to ones friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself
Mahatma Gandhi
"It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
Small: Matt Drudge - I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find t
Matt Drudge
"I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find there is a lot of freedom to report exactly what I want"
Matt Drudge, Celebrity
Small: Voltaire - Business is the salt of life
Voltaire
"Business is the salt of life"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: Helen Keller - Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others
Helen Keller
"Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others"
Helen Keller, Author
Small: Thomas Fuller - Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money
Thomas Fuller
"Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Im called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
Small: Willie Mays - The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I ha
Willie Mays
"The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of baseball and come into the business world, not being a college graduate, not being educated to come into the business world the way I should have"
Willie Mays, Athlete
Small: Willie Mays - I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world.
Willie Mays
"I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I used the baseball world to talk about their product. Not too much, just enough to keep going. Just be yourself and you'll never have a problem. That's what I did"
Willie Mays, Athlete
Small: Willie Mays - Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat.
Willie Mays
"Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps"
Willie Mays, Athlete
Small: Francois de La Rochefoucauld - What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustme
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
Small: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe - If I love you, what business is it of yours?
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Catherine the Great - I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will
Catherine the Great
"I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: Alexander Pope - A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curiou
Alexander Pope
"A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity"
Alexander Pope, Poet
Small: Robert Frost - Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are s
Robert Frost
"Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market"
Robert Frost, Poet
Small: William James - The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a
William James
"The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals"
William James, Philosopher
Small: Richard M. Nixon - I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business
Richard M. Nixon
"I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: Thomas Huxley - My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make fact
Thomas Huxley
"My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
Small: Elbert Hubbard - Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the
Elbert Hubbard
"Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
Small: Elbert Hubbard - Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Busin
Elbert Hubbard
"Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
Small: Alexander Pope - If a mans character is to be abused theres nobody like a relative to do the business
Alexander Pope
"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business"
Alexander Pope, Poet
Small: Roy L. Smith - The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his com
Roy L. Smith
"The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do"
Roy L. Smith, Clergyman
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