Some Motivation for your Monday

“As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.”
John Greenleaf Whittier

“Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.”
Henry R. Luce

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”
Gary Ryan Blair

“Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick

“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.”
Henry Ward Beecher

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”
Jack Welch quotes

“You can’t do today’s job with yesterday’s methods and be in business tomorrow”
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“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 Townsend

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
Henry Ford

“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision”
Peter F. Drucker

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
Stephen Covey

“To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.”
John H. Patterson

“Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.”
W. Edwards Deming

“You don’t want another Enron? Here’s your law: If a company, can’t explain, in ONE SENTENCE….what it does….it’s illegal.”
Lewis Black

“He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.”
Edgar R. Fiedler

“Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
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“The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve got to keep on working that talent. Someday I’ll reach for it and it won’t be there.”
Irving Berlin