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Business Quotes by B. C. Forbes
- Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man consumed with earnestness of purpose,…
- A willing, cheerful worker, with his heart in his job, will turn out more work and more satisfactory work in 44 hours than an unwilling…
- Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and, if you know anything about their careers, you will be struck by the…
- For my part, I rather distrust men or concerns that rise up with the speed of rockets. Sudden rises are sometimes followed by equally sudden…
- Uncertainty hurts business. It annoys individuals. Why keep the whole country, including business and individuals, in uncertainty over the extent of the tax burdens to…
- A shady business never yields a sunny life.
- Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit, they have indulged…
- Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction…
- What one thing does the world need most today-apart, that is, from the all-inclusive thing we call righteousness? Aren't you inclined to agree that what…
- When the worms are scarce, what does a hen do? Does she stop scratching? She does not. She scratches all the harder. A lot of…
- When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous enterprise of some…
- Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
- If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
- A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
- I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so…
- Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But… — Gerard Arpey
- I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a… — David Arquette
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- 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
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is… — Mary Kay Ash