Top 272 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Business persons - Page 4

Other countries may triumph at global conferences where world representatives vote with their hands. But America seems to win whenever the world's people have an opportunity to vote with their feet.

Whenever I felt down, whenever I started wondering what homeless shelter I would die in, [my mother] would buck me up by telling me: you know, Paul, the A students work for the B students, the C students run the companies, and the D students dedicate the buildings.

Don't do it for the money. Follow the path to do what makes your heartbeat faster. Follow your passion.

Abandon money for authenticity.

In the 1970s, I bought some cheap horses, then decided that if I was going to be in it, I was going to go big time. So in 2001, Bill Casner, a partner with me in Excel, and I bought a breeding farm, WinStar Farm, together.

Farmers in America ... are pretty large in general. Their farms are also large. But farmers in the rest of the world are quite skinny, and that's because they're starving.

In order to do a good job a person must like what he or she is doing....'Love thy work', and you will be successful..... If you do things just because you have to, then you will never enjoy work. Nor will you do a good job if you do it simply out of a sense of duty. stress is often a by-product of such passive or negative attitudes toward work. Paradoxically as it may sound, love of work can be the best medicine for workaholism.

If you are not trying new ways every single day in your company, you will not get to your optimal point.

The world has more winnable people than ever before but it is possible to come out of a ripe field empty-handed.

Examining your thoughts is an important part of the practice of self-reflections

There are a lot of problems involved in comparative history. You never know if you're getting the comparisons weighted rightly, you're bound to dominate one literature better than another. But I do see it as one of the ways forward for the future. I think it is a very important approach.

I do think film can change culture, in a way that reading a story in the New York Times does not.

Ninety-nine percent of everyday things are things we don't need - that goes for regular visits to the hairdresser just as it does for clothing. What would it mean if we all consumed 20 percent less? It would be catastrophic. It would mean 20 percent less jobs, 20 percent less taxes, 20 percent less money for schools, doctors, roads. The global economy would collapse.

Excite the mind, and the hand will reach for the pocket.

The bigger your mission becomes, the greater inspiration you will be given.

Make a mark; don't be part of the living dead.

I don't think I'd be exaggerating to say that the essence of who I am today is a result of the weight training. It's made me and given me the life that I have. And it goes way back to the eighth grade getting cut, your friends telling you that you can't do it, and you telling yourself that you can.

Optimism is an essential ingredient of innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure over staying in safe places?

One of the biggest things that needs to change is the educational system. Universities are still teaching a system to students that destroys the biosphere.

You could take the Internet enthusiasm that was happening in 1999 and 2000 here in the U.S., and in China it was three-to-five times more ebullient.

After-sales service is more important than assistance before sales. It is through such service that one gets permanent customers.

I would suggest that gluten tends to be tied to carbs. And I try to balance my carbs and my proteins and my fats.

The new course we're on at Interface ... is to pioneer the next Industrial Revolution: one that is kinder and gentler to the earth.

Anything worth doing is worth 100%.

A person who can create ideas worthy of note is a person who has learned much from others.

When, within our souls and psyches we are made aware of a safe but insistent drum beat, repeated like butterfly wings in motion, we sense the message...that our inner self has begun its search for freedom.

If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.

A natural response to a natural phenomenon -that is the secret of success in business and management. You will always win if you rely on common sense.

I called it Kinko’s because of my nickname — because I had this really kinky hair. If you think about it, the first thing a baby learns is ‘Googoo, gaga,’ and if you think of good businesses like Kodak, Xerox, Google, people remember consonants — which was why Kinko’s was a good name. But really I had this big head of curly hair and before being called ‘Kinko’ I was ‘Pube Head.’ So I thought Kinko’s was better than Pubo’s.

A person who sins neither in thought nor deed, and is fair and just, gains enormous courage and strength. As a leader, you need courage born of integrity in order to be capable of powerful leadership. To achieve this courage, you must search your heart, and make sure your conscience is clear and your behavior is beyond reproach.

Revenge isn't always as sweet as it seems

Simply having children does not make mothers.

If I reformed school, I would do two things: We can improve a child's IQ by three percent by teaching them a foreign language by seven-years-old. We shouldn't be waiting until high school when they are neurologically not ready to learn it. Second, we emphasize reading too young.

A captivating moment was when I realized that people, including myself, were not saying, “I just bought an item on eBay.” They were saying, “I just won an item on eBay.” It was the thrill of the hunt. I bought a car on eBay.

Anybody can be a halfway man, but the one who rises above this class is the one who keeps everlastingly pushing.

Gratitude leads to happiness. Conversely, lack of gratitude is the curse of the unhappy.

I will not live the rest of my life in regret.

Happy wife, happy life.

Your siblings are the only people in the world who know what it's like to have been brought up the way you were.

Obviously we're celebrating a 36-year legacy on ABC and the end of an era, but we're also celebrating the start of a new era with this great property on ESPN. It's a bit of mixed emotions.

We are all indigenous people on this planet, and we have to reorganize to get along.

From the beginning at Intel, we planned on being big.

You may be a well-educated, clever and virtuous person, but those qualities will not necessarily make you a successful businessman. You must give your best to each and every task you take on, and reflect on your performance with an honest and unprejudiced eye.

If you want to gain market share at your competitor's expense - look for a customer that's suffering from too much complexity and simplify it.

Fast growth in a start-up is a sign that customers like what you're doing.

"Comply" is not a vision.

It's crucial to understand that as a society, we can reorganize. We can reorganize socially, politically, and economically, and we can reorganize according to our values.

The boss says 'Go'; the leader says 'Let's go!'

The boss drives people; The leader coaches them.

The people in the front lines are my customers. I need to keep them happy. And, the best way to take care of your customers is to take care of your workers.

The status quo is a product of our culture or our culture is a product of the status quo - I'm sure which is the effect and which is the product - there is probably a feedback loop there that is mutually reinforcing. But we have a culture that says "Hey, look around. This place called Earth was created for you and you can do anything you want with it."

Start with a growing market. Swim in a stream that becomes a river and ultimately an ocean. Be a leader in that market, not a follower, and constantly build the best products possible.

The industry should take comfort in knowing that WinStar is my main focus after my faith and family.

What’s the business case for ending life on earth?

Movies are immortal art - the first new art since Greek drama.

The customer is always right.

Focus on action! Go on! Do it! Call them! Write it! Say it! Grab it! Who knows what 'awesome stuff' might happen? Yes - Action is the key!

Compassion is the heart that never stops loving others. It is like a wellspring that never runs dry.

I think women need to be kinder to other women. I think once we realize that, shoulder to shoulder, walking in the same direction, we're the greatest force of nature…our destiny can change.

Why kick the man downstream who can't put the parts together because the parts really weren't designed properly?