Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.
Business Quotes
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.
A businessman needs three umbrellas – one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.
Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
There’s a widespread belief and common conception that somehow or other business and economics are the same, that those people who are in favor of a free market are also in favor of everything that big business does. And those of us who have defended a free market have, over a long period of time, […]
