The Wisdom Of Business

For many years I have built up a notebook of business quotes that have inspired or amused me, below are small sample. Take from them what you will.

Designing your product for monetization first and people second will probably leave you with neither. - Tara Hunt

Good design can't fix broken business models. - Jeffrey Veen

 My candle burns at both its ends; 
  It will not last the night; 
  But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends -- 
  It gives a lovely light.
  Edna St. Vincent Millay

 

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity. - Sydney Biddle Barrows

Drive thy business or it will drive thee. - Benjamin Franklin

The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life. When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else- we are the busiest people in the world. - Eric Hoffer

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman. - David M Ogilvy

In the business world, the rear-view mirror is always clearer than the windshield. - Warren Buffet

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were. -  David Rockefeller

A dinner lubricates business. -  Lord William Stowell

To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise. -  Mitchel Caplan

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. -  Henry Ford

All lasting business is built on friendship. -  Alfred A Montaper

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. -  Tom Peters

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

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

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

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

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following?  The extra mile.  - Gary Ryan Blair

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. - Harry Emerson Fosdick

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. - Steven Covey

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. - Napoleon Hill

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet. - Robert H Schuller
  

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. - Lord Acton

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable. - Will Rodgers

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business. - B.C. Forbes

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing. - William Wordsworth
 

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. - Henry Ford

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Walter Pearson   REI; Internet and Social Media Enthusiast; Stock a Well done, Sean - great shares here! Nov 26th 2010 09:30

Philippe Moisan   Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer Awesome quotes, Sean ! Most of them are very inspiring to me. I will add a link to this blog in my "Achieve work-like balance" group, it will be an easy way to find it again. Nov 26th 2010 09:33

Harold Hutchinson  Internet Marketing Training Great collection, Sean. I have been collecting quotes for years. These are some of the best I've seen. Keep sharing! Nov 26th 2010 10:03

Philippe Moisan   Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer Harold, if you want, create your own blog here with some of the quotes in your collection, I will add the blog link in the next issue of my ezine, naming you as the author of the blog, of course Nov 26th 2010 10:06

Karen L.   Personal Development These are all very inspiring Sean! It's a great reminder of what it takes to succeed, and a history lesson as well. Thank you for sharing this, I've tweeted and will link to the resource page in my APSense Business Center. Amazing! Nov 26th 2010 10:50

Cindy Bolley   HHCTB? All lasting business is built on friendship. - Alfred A Montaper I love your list. The one I pasted is perfect for places like APSense. Good Stuff Sean Cindy Nov 26th 2010 14:06

Corey Blackmur   Blackmur Global Quotes I love them, and have used them most of my life, actually today seems to be full of them. You have some great ones here Sean. If a person really absorbs a quote and thinks about it, quite often it can mean something different to everyone that reads it. I base that on the fact we all have different interests, experience and backgrounds. Just one more thing: Business and the growth of it mostly will tie to your own personal growth - for instance: "Of all the things that can have an effect on your future. I believe personal grwoth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth. profit growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth, because the major key to your better future is YOU" ~ Jim Rohn ~ Nov 26th 2010 16:04

Philippe Moisan   Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer These quotes won't be forgotten, I will add them in my AWLB group :) Nov 26th 2010 16:16

Clay Green   What Ever It Takes Now is the time to join to have a peek at this fantastic community Nov 26th 2010 19:12

Michael Ezike  Traffic Broker/ Site Flippa Thanks for the quotes. I love them. I have been looking foe such quotes for inspiration and advancement Nov 26th 2010 19:23

Patty d.   Promotor OJS Sean is a wealth of "great interest" content & knowledge. I enjoy every post. Bravo Sean & Thank You Dec 11th 2010 16:11

Sean North   Business Thanks everybody I will be dipping into my little black bok of quotes again shortly Apr 28th 2011 09:45

Philippe Moisan   Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer All right, I can't wait, more wisdom from UK :) Apr 28th 2011 09:50

Corey Blackmur   Blackmur Global Here's one of my favorites: "Professionals built the Titanic - Amateurs built the Ark" Meaning you can accomplish anything you want in life no matter your experience and abilities - just set your mind to it and just do it! Apr 28th 2011 11:36

Sean North   Business not a quote that I have come across Corey, added it to my little black book Thanks Apr 29th 2011 01:07

Philippe Moisan   Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer Corey, are you talking Noah's or the Alliance's ? LOL Apr 29th 2011 06:52

Sean North   Business Those who lose dreaming are lost. - Australian Aboriginal Proverb Jul 26th 2011 13:04

Cheryl Baumgartner   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance @Corey I'm thinking here about which one actually stayed afloat. Jul 26th 2011 13:59

Paula van Dun   Retired Words of wisdom indeed and an inspiration maybe to write some articles around Jul 26th 2011 14:34