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The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

The biggest public fallacy is that the market is always right. The market is nearly always wrong. I can assure you of that.

The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head

The biggest mistake you could ever make is to think you work for anyone but yourself

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

The biggest enemy of management is indifference. It's when people don't give a damn

The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory.

The big will get bigger; the small will get wiped out.

The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.

The boundaries of design are the same as the problem of perception.

The bottom line is in heaven!

The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

The business of government is justice.

The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery.

The business of philosophy is not to give rules, but to analyze the private judgments of common reason.

The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it.

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.

The business man - the man to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom.

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid.

The business of America is business.

The business society is interested in training its citizens to make money, and, in this objective, it is often successful. Many of them do make money, and the ones who do not obligingly regard themselves as failures who have wasted the precious gift of life.

The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer, songwriter, or find a singer to develop.

The cave art of Madison Avenue has been by far the most innovative and educative art form of the twentieth century.

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future.

The challenge here is to design a system where market incentives, including profits and recognition, drive those principles to do more for the poor. I like to call this idea creative capitalism, an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world's inequities.

The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

The City is, in terms of its basic functioning, a far-off country of which we know little.

The closer you get to your ultimate customer, the more you learn about your business.

The collective energy of everyone is what really made Business 2.0 exciting.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable.

The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

The company was actually founded on creating earnings opportunities for women, even before it went into skincare, lipstick, and fragrance. The founding Avon principle, before women could vote and when basically only men were working, was to allow women to get out of their homes and to create an entrepreneurship opportunity for them.

The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.

The corporation is the "master", the employee is the "servant". Because the corporation owns the means of production without which the employee could not make a living, the employee needs the corporation more than vice versa.

The customer is always right.

The crossroads of trade are the meeting place of ideas, the attrition ground of rival customs and beliefs; diversities beget conflict, comparison, thought; superstitions cancel one another, and reason begins.

The current model is global suicide. We need a revolution. Revolutionary thinking. Revolutionary action. Natural resources are becoming more and more scarce.

The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.

The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.

The debt is like a crazy aunt we keep down in the basement. All the neighbors know she's there, but nobody wants to talk about her.

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.