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The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd along the low road of least resistance, can we even afford to travel the high road of ethical behavior? Frankly, we can't afford anything else. Any other competitive angle is a pure crapshoot in today's business world. Companies with shaky ethics and shabby standards will be crippled as they try to compete in our changing world.

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough.

...the question, Why try for greatness? would seem almost tautological. If you're doing something you care that much about, and you believe in its purpose deeply enough, then it is impossible to imagine not trying to make it great. It's just a given.

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work.

The range of derivatives contracts is limited only by the imagination of man (or sometimes, so it seems, madmen). Say you want to write a contract speculating on the number of twins to be born in Nebraska in 2020. No problem-at a price, you will easily find an obliging counterparty.

The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.

The real development I've seen of people in organizations, especially in big ones, comes from their being volunteers in a nonprofit organization - where you have responsibility, you see results, and you quickly learn what your values are. There is no better way to understand your strengths and discover where you belong than to volunteer in a nonprofit. That is probably the great opportunity for the social sector - and especially in its relationship to business.

The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization.

The reality is that I need to be challenged and interested, as long as the risk and reward is in line.

The real secret is to build an organization that isn't afraid to make changes while it is still successful, before change becomes imperative for survival.

The real magic in National Geographic isn't how much money they have left at the end of the year. It's the fact that through their overall focus they are reaching hundreds of millions of people and educating people about the world. It just happens to be done in a business-oriented kind of way that is more sustainable.

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

There are all kinds of businesses that Charlie and I don't understand, but that doesn't cause us to stay up at night. It just means we go on to the next one, and that's what the individual investor should do.

There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world

There are moments in business and in life when you have to say, "Failure is not an option.

There are more fakers in business than in jail.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.

There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!

There are no working hours for leaders.

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

There are only two ways to establish competitive advantage: do things better than others or do them differently.

There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.

There are three rules for running a business; fortunately, we don't know any of them.

There are peaks and valleys in anything and that is especially true for the music business. It is very inconsistent. But if you are wise, you can let those downs really bring you to another level of your personality.

There are three proven rules for good teeth: brush after every meal; see your dentist twice a year; and mind your own business.

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.

There are two kinds of second class men in business. There is the man who puts money first and service second. There is the man who puts service first and money second, who never has any money. The first class man in business is the man who is made up out of rolling the other two kinds into one man and working them together.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

The reason is still difficult to explain, but it is not complicated. That inner voice that will not be denied, once we learn to listen to it, had whispered since the beginning, "Business is not what your life is about. Founding VISA and being its chief executive officer is something you must do, but it's only preparatory.

The reason I entered the election race was to promote reforms. For us who engage in business, we will be severely affected if financial and structural reforms don't proceed.

There are three reasons to be in business. To make money, to have fun – and to make money.

There can be no one best way of organizing a business.

There can be no freedom in the large sense of the word, no harmonious development, so long as mercenary and commercial considerations play an important part in the determination of personal conduct.

There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it. [Non enim potest quaestus consistere, si eum sumptus superat.]

The record-breaking extreme weather events causing chaos across the globe should be a wake-up call. The transition to a low-carbon economy will be much more painful if we wait until there is a climate crisis before recognising that more than half of the world's fossil fuel reserves will have to remain in the ground.

There certainly was a lot of potential in the air for doing a magazine which focused on the way business, in particular, was being transformed by the Internet.

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart.

The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn't be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don't regret it.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error

There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them.

There are unlimited opportunities for display advertising. In fact, we're in the process of massive change in the display industry - how it's bought, how it's sold, and how it's targeted.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business.

There is little that can be said about most economic goods. A toothbrush does little but clean teeth. Aspirin does little but dull pain. Alcohol is important mostly for making people more or less drunk ... There being so little to be said, much is to be invented.

There is no amount of money in the world that will make you comfortable if you are not comfortable with yourself.