1,036 Quotes Regarding Business


An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Laurence J. Peter

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
Peter Drucker

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
Henry R. Luce

The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.
Mitt Romney

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
Andrew Carnegie

Our favorite holding period is forever.
Warren Buffett

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!
Coco Chanel

Blessed is he who has found his work let him ask no other blessedness.
Thomas Carlyle

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
Robert Orben

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Mary Kay Ash

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first the cash will come later.
Harold S. Geneen

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
Jack Welch

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin Powell

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
Peter Drucker

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
W. Clement Stone

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
Tim Berners-Lee

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.
David Ogilvy

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
John Greenleaf Whittier

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Thomas Carlyle

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
Herbert Hoover