Quotable business quotes

Theodore Rubin
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

John Foster Dulles
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.

Carl Jung
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Robert Townsend
If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?

Robert Greenleaf, ATT
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.

Robert H. Schullder
When someone gives the hospital a gift of $5 and you know he can afford less than that, thank him profusely. When someone gives the hospital a gift of $5,000 and you know he could afford five times that, say "that will help."

Anonymous
There is less to fear from outside competition than from inside inefficiency, discourtesy and bad service.

Theodore Roosevelt
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly, I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

George S. Patton, American military leader
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

J.C. Penney
I am grateful for all my problems. I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come.

Winston Churchill
Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is - the strong horse that pulls the whole cart.

Albert Einstein
If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.

Dr. Richard Carlson
Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff.

Winston Churchill
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

Oscar Wilde
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do.