“When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous enterprise of some individual. It was Commodore Vanderbilt's enterprise in switching first from running a ferryboat to running other ships, and then, when he was well along in years, his enterprise in switching into railroading, that created what was to become one of the most notable fortunes in the history of the world.” WorldYearsFirstsWellsEnoughRunningAmericaIndividualBusinessFortuneShipsEnterpriseCourageousWorld HistoryNotableSprungSwitchingVanderbilt Author:B. C. Forbes
“In thousands of years there has been no advance in public morals, in philosophy, in religion or in politics, but the advance in business has been the greatest miracle the world has ever known.” WorldYearsHas BeensPhilosophyBusinessKnownMoralMiracleOwn Business Author:E. W. Howe
“The best mental effort in the game of business is concentrated on the major problem of securing the consumer's dollar before the other fellow gets it.” ProblemGamesEffortBusinessMajorsFellowsDollarsConsumersMajor Problems Author:Stuart Chase
“Economists' unanimity that bad business is ahead is the most reassuring news possible. It's very unlikely that this will be the one time they're right.” BusinessNewsOne TimeEconomistUnlikelyReassuringUnanimityBad Business Author:Malcolm Forbes
“I spend 90% of my time with people who don't report to me, which also allows for serendipity, since I'm walking around the office all the time. You don't have to schedule serendipity. It just happens.” PeopleHappensBusinessWalkingOfficeMy TimeReportsSchedulesSerendipity Author:Jack Dorsey
“All our institutions rest upon business. Without it we should not have schools, colleges, churches, parks, playgrounds, pavements, books, libraries, art, music, or anything else that we value.” ShouldArtBookSchoolValuesChurchBusinessCollegeInstitutionsLibraryParksPlaygroundsPavementArt Music Author:Charles Gates, Jr.
“The position you hold and the work you are now doing.” BusinessPosition Author:Nathaniel Parker Willis
“The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be.” PeopleKnowsMenWorldBusinessOughtMetsArguingDistinctionSensibleSpinningCobwebs Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.” ShouldHouseBusinessOwnersOrnaments Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“I wasted my substance, I know I did, on riotous living, so I did, but there's nothing on record to show I did more than my betters have done.” KnowsDoneShowsPleasureRecordsSubstance Book:Complete verse Source: Complete verse