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Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Progressive companies regard climate change as an opportunity rather than a threat

Prosperity this Winter is going to be enjoyed by everybody that is fortunate enough to get into the poor farm.

Public opinion actually applauds the young woman venturing into the business world, but it still obstinately (and quite illogically) protects the young man in his sacred right to know nothing of housework.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.

Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee.

Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become a commodity and then you die

Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it's free. The 'unquality' things are what cost money.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Quality, service, cleanliness, and value.

Quality has to be caused, not controlled.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quickest way to build trust: Keep promises you make, don't over-promise. Over-deliver, don't under-deliver. If you say you'll do something, make sure you do but if things then run late or go wrong, tell your client at the earliest opportunity

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.

Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners.

Rapid innovation is the cure for the ills we face, but because innovation is difficult and susceptible to failure, we might need to rethink the way we approach innovation and how we drive it through our companies.

Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this way, requires a great knowledge of character, with that exquisite tact which feels unerringly the right moment when to act. A discreet rapidity must pervade all the movements of his thought and action. He must be singularly free from vanity, and is generally found to be an enthusiast who has the art to conceal his enthusiasm.

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.

Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between 'cost cutting' and 'eliminating the causes of costs'

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Recessions are the best time to start a company. Companies fail. Others hold back capital. If you are willing to do the preparation and work, it is the best time to invest in yourself and start a business.

Reengineering cannot be entrusted to the semi-competent, the hangers-on with nothing better to do.

Regardless of how well a studio is run, it's only as good as the product it produces.

Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard. to do business.

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

Remember it's OK to be yourself.

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!

Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport

Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a poor man you must act the part with all your powers; and so if your part be a cripple or a magistrate or a plain man. For your business is to act the character that is given you and act it well. The choice of the cast is Another's.

Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: 'We've always done it that way'

Repeat business or behavior can be bribed. Loyalty has to be earned.

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.

Research can trap you into the past.

Respect, recognition, and reward flow out of performance.

Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.

Returning to town in the stage-coach, which was filled with Mr. Gilman's guests, we stopped for a minute or two at Kentish Town. A woman asked the coachman, "Are you full inside?" Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, "I am quite full inside; that last piece of pudding at Mr. Gilman's did the business for me.

Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them.

Resource efficiency - it's about only taking what we need

Retail is selling things that don't come back to customers who do.

Reverence for life . . . does not allow the scholar to live for his science alone, even if he is very useful . . . the artist to exist only for his art, even if he gives inspiration to many. . . . It refuses to let the business man imagine that he fulfills all legitimate demands in the course of his business activities. It demands from all that they should sacrifice a portion of their own lives for others.

Reversion to the mean is the iron rule of the financial markets.

Revolutionary products don't fail because they are shipped too early. They fail because they aren't revised fast enough.

Rich dad went on to explain that the world was filled with different types of entrepreneurs. There are entrepreneurs who are big and small, rich and poor, honest and crooked, for-profit and not-for-profit, saint and sinner, small town and international, and successes and failures. He said, "The word entrepreneur is a big word and it means different things to different people.

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.