Famous quotes by Businessman

"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body"

Warren Buffett, Businessman

"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked"

Warren Buffett, Businessman

"Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars"

Warren Buffett, Businessman

"Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying"

W. Clement Stone, Businessman

"Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself"

W. Clement Stone, Businessman

"Start with the end in mind"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"The way we see the problem is the problem"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"Public behavior is merely private character writ large"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall"

Stephen Covey, Businessman

"You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest"

Ross Perot, Businessman

"War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules"

Ross Perot, Businessman

"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced, and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled"

Ross Perot, Businessman

"Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers!"

Ross Perot, Businessman

"Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth, and they're going to make mistakes"

Ross Perot, Businessman

"Inventories can be managed, but people must be led"

Ross Perot, Businessman

"In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'"

Ross Perot, Businessman

"If you can't stand a little sacrifice, and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out"

Ross Perot, Businessman

"Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero"

Bill Gates, Businessman

"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG"

Bill Gates, Businessman

"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others"

Bill Gates, Businessman

"A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship"

John D. Rockefeller, Businessman

"I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature"

John D. Rockefeller, Businessman

"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"

John D. Rockefeller, Businessman

"I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living, but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living"

John D. Rockefeller, Businessman

"Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast"

Tom Peters, Businessman

"All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer"

Tom Peters, Businessman

"We found that the most exciting environments that treated people very well are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... Excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments"

Tom Peters, Businessman

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