Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. Thomas A. Edison
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. George Bernard Shaw
Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets. Henry Ford
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. Andy Warhol
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. Napoleon Hill
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. Adam Smith
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships. Stephen Covey
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. Henry Ford
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's. Will Rogers
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. Henry Ward Beecher
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts. Will Rogers
Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money. Walt Disney
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been. Robert H. Schuller
Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money. Peter Drucker
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet. Robert H. Schuller
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable. Will Rogers
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. Aristotle Onassis