From the mouths of the great and the famous … read and be inspired!
Here’s what famous writers, artists, thinkers, scientists and statesmen – and, yes, entrepreneurs — say about business entrepreneurship.
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There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
-Sam Walton
Sometimes, when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.
-Steve Jobs
Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.
-Thomas Edison
No enterprise is more likely to succeed that one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
– Niccolo Machiavelli
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
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
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better than you should leave your work.
-Kahlil Gibran
I want to put a ding in the universe.
-Steve Jobs
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
-Confucius
I am not certainly the one who needs to be prodded; in fact, I am the prod.
-Winston Churchill
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
-Aristotle Onassis
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.
-Steven Covey
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 Geneen