“When the business man who fights to secure special privileges, to crowd his competitor off the track by other than fair competitive methods, receives the same summary disdainful ostracism by his fellows that the doctor or lawyer who is 'unprofessional,' the athlete who abuses the rules, receives, we shall have gone a long way toward making commerce a fit pursuit for our young men.” MenWayLongYoungFightingBusinessGoneSpecialFitFairsDoctorsAbuseMethodFellowsAthletePrivilegeTrackCrowdsLawyerPursuitSecureYoung ManCommerceCompetitorsLong WaySummaryBusiness ManOstracism Book:The History of the Standard Oil Company Source: The History of the Standard Oil Company
“Very often people who admit the facts, who are willing to see that Mr. Rockefeller has employed force and fraud to secure his ends, justify him by declaring, 'It's business.' That is, 'it's business' has come to be a legitimate excuse for hard dealing, sly tricks, special privileges.” PeopleEndsHardFactsForceBusinessSpecialWillingPrivilegeExcuseTricksSecureJustifyFraudEmployedDeclaringSly Author:Ida Tarbell
“Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Courage, Confidence and Constancy. And the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.” KnowsMenWayBelieveI CanDreamSeemsMotivationalSuccessFaithBusinessSecretCourageFourSpecialPositiveConfidenceEncouragementCuriositySelf ConfidenceHeightDreams Come TrueConstancyDisney CompanyConfidence And CourageDreams Can Come TrueMaking Dreams Come True Author:Walt Disney
“Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.” LifeSuccessBusinessSpecialEducationalBrandsBrandingPersonal BrandingDeliveringSomething SpecialPremium Author:Warren Buffett
“Advertising is simply a use of the right of the manufacture to present his case and to employ the same arts of appeal and persuasion accorded to the politician, the preacher, the lawyer, and to every other individual who has a special interest in something, whether a creed or a commodity.” ArtUseIndividualInterestBusinessCasesSpecialPoliticianLawyerAdvertisingAppealsPreacherCreedsCommodityPersuasionSpecial Interests Author:Raymond Rubicam
“If you go running, you put on sneakers. When you go bowling, you take your personal bowling balls with you. In much the same fashion, it won't be long before you have your special sunglasses to take to the movie theater.” IfsLongRunningBusinessSpecialMediaFashionBallsTheaterBowlingSunglassesSneakersMovie Theater Author:Jeffrey Katzenberg