Quotes and Sayings about Business

Behind every successful business, lie great business principles. These principles, which are filled with wisdom, come in the form of powerful words we called sayings and quotations. The most successful businessmen and entrepreneurs in the world have treasured these valuable pieces of words. These quotes serve as their sources of undying motivation and enthusiasm that helped them achieve lasting success. These sayings have existed and have been passed on to different people in different generations, helping them realized their missions and visions. If you’re an aspiring businessman or an entrepreneur, you should have a taste of the following powerful and inspiring quotes and sayings about business and everything related to it.

“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins:  cash and experience.  Take the experience first; the cash will come later.”  -Harold Geneen

“The absolute fundamental aim is to make money out of satisfying customers.”  -John Egan

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

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency.  The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”  -Bill Gates

“It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business” -Mahatma Gandhi

“There are so many men who can figure costs, and so few who can measure values.”  -Author Unknown

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”  -Bill Gates, Business @ the Speed of Thought

“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.”  -Thomas Watson, Sr.

“Successful enterprises are usually led by a proven chief executive who is a competent benevolent dictator. “ -Richard Pratt

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.”  -Henry Ford

“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” -Tom Brokaw

“Too many people think only of their own profit.  But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people.  No customer ever goes to a store merely to please the storekeeper.”  -Kazuo Inamori

“The results of quality work last longer than the shock of high prices.”  -Author Unknown

“It doesn’t matter how many times you fail.  It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right.  No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you.  All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because… All that matters in business is that you get it right once.  Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.”  -Mark Cuban

“Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” – Peter Drucker

“Knock, Knock.
Who’s there?
Opportunity.
Don’t be silly – opportunity doesn’t knock twice!”
– anon

“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. – John D. Rockefeller

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” -Jack Welch

“To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.” -Chinese Proverbs

“Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.” -George Burns

“In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.” -Lee Iacocca

“It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises but only performance is reality.”  -Harold Geneen

“Everybody makes business mistakes. I mean, I take the responsibility, and I did. I was the captain of the ship and I took that responsibility.” -Alan Bond

“The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.” -Lee Iacocca

“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves — to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.”- Stewart B. Johnson

“To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.” -John H. Patterson

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” -Warren Buffett

“Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.”-W. Edwards Deming