Businessman Quotes

I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.

For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff.

You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team.

There really isn't any limit to the number of people who want a piece of you, and it's all important stuff.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

Aim for the highest.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

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.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.