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Business Quotes by Yvon Chouinard
- Doing risk sports had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when you’re…
- No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a forest ranger The…
- Hiring people with diverse backgrounds brings in a flexibility of thought and openness to new ways of doing things, as opposed to hiring clones from…
- Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that it’s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are responsible to their…
- While our managers debated what steps to take to address the sales and cash-flow crisis, I began to lead week-long employee seminars in what we…
- I took a dozen of our top managers to Argentina, to the windswept mountains of the real Patagonia, for a walkabout. In the course of…
- I live for the moment. I'm basically a Buddhist-type person. I'm just here right now, and I don't think about what's going to happen a…
- ...it's the same with business. If you focus on the goal and not the process, you inevitably compromise. Businessmen who focus on profits wind up…
- ...there's no such thing as sustainability. There are just levels of it. It's a process, not a real goal. All you can do is work…
- I'm kind of like a samurai. They say if you want to be a samurai, you can't be afraid of dying, and as soon as…
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- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- 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