Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I've been blessed by learning certain principles and values that transformed my life and enabled me to accomplish more than I really… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
You've got to learn to work with others. One of my main values is, you learn this system of mutual benefit. That… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My parents worked really hard at communicating other values they felt were important, such as integrity, courage, humility, treating others with dignity… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
If you've got a dirty job, the best way is to help each other and then you'll create this culture of mutual… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
To make a quick buck, but over time, if you're not creating value for others, customers, society, isn't going to let you… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
All the corporate welfare, yeah, it goes from cash payments to debt, to regulations on the competitors, to restrictions on trade, to… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
So to the best we can, what we do is focus on creating value for others, and how do we do that?… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We try to reward people according to the value they create, value they create in society and for the company. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
People are interested in certain ideas, in certain periods, and then that moves, and okay, now people are more interested in studying… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My philosophy, one of the biggest enemies of future success is past success, because you become complacent, you become risk averse, and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I try to hire people who will challenge and have the humility to be challenged - people who have basically good values. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Successful companies create value by providing products or services their customers value more highly than available alternatives. They do this while consuming… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I try to build on our management philosophy. I try to understand what the threats and opportunities are for us. Uh, I… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value, — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We try to evaluate how much value an employee is creating here and reward them accordingly. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Best part of my job is fulfillment. When I see that, that we're creating value, that we're helping improve people's lives, and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We strive to hire and retain only those who embrace our MBM® Guiding Principles, which encompass integrity, compliance, value creation, Principled Entrepreneurship,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I learned that unless you start working, if you're frozen out of work, you will never learn the habits, the discipline, the… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
In general, an asset should be sold when it has greater value to a buyer. This happens when a buyer has a… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
If you're a leader at any level and your people aren't challenging you, you've got to change that or you can't be a leader… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works if people… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I've been blessed by learning certain principles and values that transformed my life and enabled me to accomplish more than I really had the… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
In business, real jobs profitably produce goods and services that people value more highly than their alternatives. Subsidizing inefficient jobs is costly, wastes resources,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Just Donald Trump's tenor and insulting of people is just beyond the pale. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
They say your genetics are going to set your direction regardless of what happens, but I think there's more to it than that. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I have been a libertarian in my past but now I consider myself a classical liberal. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The trajectory of this country [USA] is not positive and particularly for the disadvantaged, as we see what's happening. The gains in productivity have… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's live better - while using fewer resources - and to act… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image