Business Quotes

A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.

Here’s the rule for bargains “Do other men, for they would do you.” That’s the true business precept.

Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

‘Business!’ cried the Ghost (Jacob Marley), wringing its hands again. ‘Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!’

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

So the question is, do corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, have responsibilities in their business activities other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible? And my answer to that is, no they do not.

In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.