Favorite Business Quotations

If you look, you can find powerful pearls of wisdoms within the quotations of famous business leaders and entrepreneurs. Why reinvent the wheel when we can learn from the experts.

Over the years I’ve collected some great business quotations. I am giving you permission to use them in your newsletters, your blog posts and on Facebook and Tweeter. All I ask is that you give credit to the person you are quoting – they deserve the recognition.

Here are some my favorite business quotations:

"There comes a special moment in everyone's life; a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission-a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour." Winston Churchill, British prime minister

"Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision." Peter Drucker

"I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile." Walter Chrysler

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework." Thomas Edison

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield." Warren Buffet

"What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come." Oprah Winfrey

"Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking. Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it's about trading: buying and selling." Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop

"To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business." J. Paul Getty

"We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better." Jeff Bezos

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." Nido Qubein

"If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you're wearing work shoes." Author Unknown

"If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours." Ray Kroc

"I've felt that dissatisfaction is the basis of progress. When we become satisfied in business, we become obsolete." J. Willard Marriott Sr

"I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well." Alan Greenspan


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