Business Quote by Peter Drucker Download Open image “Profit is not the purpose of a business, but rather the test of its validity” — Peter Drucker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Business Inspirational Profit Purpose Tests Validity
Profit is not the explanation, cause, or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but the test of their validity. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and… — James Rouse Copy Share Image
Profit isn't and shouldn't be the mission of business. The mission of business is to help people. To help your customers, your co-workers, your… — Fran Tarkenton Copy Share Image
“3. The putting of service before profit. Without a profit, business cannot extend. There is nothing inherently wrong about making a profit. Well-conducted business… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Business must be run at a profit, else it will die. But when anyone tries to run a business solely for profit, then also… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others. — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
“Profit is a by-product of success, focus on success not on profit.” — Firoz Thairinil Copy Share Image
Profit doesn't appear as the goal but as a side effect of pursuing motivating principles. — Ted Malloch Copy Share Image
Making a profit is no more the purpose of a corporation than getting enough to eat is the purpose of life. Getting enough to… — Kenneth Mason Copy Share Image
Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
One reason for the tremendous increase in health-care costs in the U.S. is managerial neglect of the "hotel services" by the people who dominate… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter Drucker” — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?" — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
Many early-stage entrepreneurs make one simple mistake: Describing this 'big picture' in vague concepts and words. — Sunil Nagaraj Copy Share Image
Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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