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“The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.”

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Author:Robert Frost

“I am the world's worst salesman, therefore, I must make it easy for people to buy.”

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Author:Frank Winfield Woolworth

“Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life brings us nothing better than swollen fortunes for the few and the triumph in both politics and business of a sordid and selfish materialism.”

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Book:The Works of Theodore Roosevelt

Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt

“The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.”

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Author:Samuel Gompers

“The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.”

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Author:John Ashcroft

“When we control business in the public interest we are also bound to encourage it in the public interest or it will be a bad thing for everybody and worst of all for those on whose behalf the control is nominally exercised.”

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Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“Now, I don't mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. What we do know is, if you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original. If you're not prepared to be wrong. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong. And we run our companies like this, by the way, we stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make.”

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Author:Ken Robinson

“Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.”

“I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.”

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Author:Steve Martin

“Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.”

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Author:Neil Young

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.”

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Author:Bette Midler

“Incrementalism is innovation's worst enemy.”

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Author:Nicholas Negroponte

“We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities. ... You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.”

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Author:Bill Gates