“For twenty years it had been generally known that an insidious Lobby was maintained in Washington to influence legislation and executive action on behalf of vested interests. ... The lobby was a creature of darkness. It worked behind closed doors and whispered in corners. This ancient industry was one form of invisible government.” YearsGovernmentActionFormPoliticsInterestBusinessBehindsKnownDarknessDoorsInfluenceIndustryCreaturesTwentiesAncientCornersInvisibleExecutivesLegislationBehalfInsidiousClosed DoorsVested InterestsBehind Closed Doors Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“Success is not necessarily about connections, or cutting corners, or chamba - the three Cs of bad business. Call it trite, but believe me: success can be achieved through hard work, frugality, integrity, responsiveness to change, and most of all, boldness to dream.” BelieveHardDreamThreeBusinessCuttingHard WorkIntegrityConnectionsEntrepreneurCornersBelieve In MeBusiness SuccessKey To SuccessBoldnessRecipe For SuccessMotivational SuccessFrugalityFrugalResponsivenessBad BusinessCutting Corners Author:John Gokongwei
“Now, if the Standard Oil Company were the only concern in the country guilty of the practices which have given it monopolistic power, this story never would have been written. Were it alone in these methods, public scorn would long ago have made short work of the Standard Oil Company. But it is simply the most conspicuous type of what can be done by these practices. The methods it employs with such acumen, persistency, and secrecy are employed by all sorts of business men, from corner grocers up to bankers. If exposed, they are excused on the ground that this is business.” IfsMenLongHas BeensMadeCountryDoneStoriesGivenBusinessCompanyPracticeWrittenTypeStandardsConcernMethodCornersOilGuiltyExposedLong AgoEmployedScornSecrecyBankersOil CompaniesBusiness ManAcumenGrocersStandard Oil Book:The History of the Standard Oil Company Source: The History of the Standard Oil Company
“Competition is. In every business, no matter how small or how large, someone is just around the corner forever trying to steal your ideas and build his success out of your imagination, struggling after that which you have toiled endless years to secure, striving to outdo you in each and every way. If such a competitor would work as hard to originate as he does to copy, he would much more quickly gain success.” IfsWayTryingYearsDoeIdeasMatterHardSuccessImaginationBusinessStruggleForeverGainsCompetitionStriveCornersEndlessStealingSecureCopiesCompetitorsAround The Corner Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.” StoriesBusinessCitiesBehindsKnowingHairTownsCornersStoresRestaurantsShopsGymSmall BusinessCleanersHardwareBusiness OwnersSalonsSmall Business OwnersOur Town Author:Paul Ryan
“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.” InspirationalMotivationalBornBusinessDoorsStreetsDeedsCornersRidiculousRestaurantsNew YearNew BeginningsGreat WorkRevolvingStreet CornersSisyphusGetting StartedEndings Being New BeginningsMyth Of SisyphusRevolving Doors Book:The Myth of Sisyphus Source: The Myth of Sisyphus
“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.” TwoLightForceHeavenBusinessSunMediaPressesCornersGlobes Book:Autobiography of Mark Twain Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain