“A successful argument for a government manufacturing policy has to go beyond the feeling that it's better to produce 'real things' than services. American consumers value health care and haircuts as much as washing machines and hair dryers.” RealFeelingsGovernmentCareValuesSuccessfulPolicyProduceHairArgumentMachinesHealth CareConsumersReal ThingsManufacturingWashingHaircutsDryersWashing MachinesHair Dryers Author:Christina Romer
“For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is what matters.” NeedsEndsMatterValuesAsksSuccessfulCustomersBeing SuccessfulThe End Of The DayWhat Matters Author:Eli Broad
“Always do what you say you are going to do. It is the glue and fiber that binds successful relationships.” ValuesBusinessSuccessfulGlueFiberSuccessful Relationship Author:Jeffry A Timmons
“We as Americans are completely obsessed and wrapped up in a lot of the wrong values - looking good, having cash in the bank, being perceived as rich, famous and successful or just being famous... It's the most superficial part of the American dream and who would know better than me? The only thing that's going to bring you happiness is love and how you treat your fellow man and having compassion for one another.” KnowsMenDreamValuesCompassionSuccessfulRichTreatsFellowsObsessedCashAmerican DreamJust BeingSuperficialLooking GoodFellow ManBeing Famous Author:Madonna Ciccone
“A successful business maximizes the present value of future earnings. The first requirement, therefore, of business success is sustainable profits. One-time winnings, in business as in casinos, are disappointing. We expect more from our investments than that.” FirstsValuesWinningBusinessSuccessfulInvestmentProfitOne TimeBusiness SuccessEarningRequirementsDisappointingSuccessful BusinessCasinos Book:Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good Source: Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good
“Don't labor forever over the question of how or if you can do it. Studies have shown that the most successful people make decisions rapidly because they are clear on their values and what they really want for their lives.” PeopleIfsWantValuesCan DoDecisionForeverStudySuccessfulClearLaborSuccessful PeopleYou Can Do ItDecisiveness Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“People need to buy and want to. The selling itself becomes the entertainment, the sought-after good... In the Internet world there won't be any other way to peddle. To be successful advertising itself will have to supply real value to the consumer.” PeopleWorldWayWantNeedsRealValuesSuccessfulInternetEntertainmentSellingAdvertisingConsumersBeing SuccessfulFree SpeechReal Value Author:Peter W. Huber
“I think in American culture, we put value on economic success but tell people you don't have to be economically successful to be happy.” PeopleThinkingValuesCultureSuccessfulEconomicAmerican CultureEconomic Success Author:John Hodgman
“Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either direction have consequences. People who grossly overestimate their capabilities undertake activities that are clearly beyond their reach. As a result, they get themselves into considerable difficulties, undermine their credibility, and suffer needless failures. Some of the missteps, of course, can produce serious, irreparable harm” PeopleSufferingValuesCoursesResultsSuccessfulProduceSeriousActivityConsequenceDifficultyHarmCapabilityAccurateCredibilityEfficacySelf EfficacyOverestimateIrreparableAppraisalIrreparable Harm Author:Albert Bandura
“The reason why many clients don't value design is because haven't had a designer prove to them the value of it. You need to prove it to clients who've hired a bunch of shitty designers and their business has not been that successful. When they hire a good designer, they see the difference.” NeedsReasonValuesDifferencesSuccessfulHavensDesignProveBunchReason WhyDesignerClientsProve ItGood Design Author:Jessica Hische
“"Why is the creative entrepreneur the riskiest type to be?" I asked. "Because being creative means you are often a pioneer. It is easy to copy a successful and proven product. It is also less risky. If you learn to innovate, create, or invent your way to success, you are an entrepreneur creating new value rather than an entrepreneur who wins by copying."” IfsWayMeanValuesWinningEasyBusinessCreativeSuccessfulProductsTypeCreatingEntrepreneurCopiesProvenBe CreativePioneersCopyingWay To Success Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot... that did so much to raise living standards and improve conditions for workers worldwide. We were a leader in extending to women the right to vote. We were barely a nation when we set the bar for bravery and sacrifice by common soldiers in foreign wars. We grew up out of racism and misogyny and homophobia to become a mostly tolerant, successful multicultural society. We did these great things because we know we are in it together. It is our core value as Australians.” KnowsWorldWayWarTogetherValuesNationsLeadershipCommonSecretLeaderRolesSuccessfulEnvironmentSacrificeConditionsGrewGrew UpRacismStandardsVoteBraveryRaisesWorkersSoldierCoreBarsGreat ThingsMisogynyHomophobiaBallotsExtendingRight To VoteMulticulturalCore ValuesLeading The WayMulticultural Society Author:Geraldine Brooks
“Success is all about being able to extend love to people. The people I consider successful are so because of how they handle their responsibilities to other people, how they approach the future, people who have a full sense of the value of their life and what they want to do with it.” PeopleWantAbleValuesResponsibilitySuccessfulApproachHandleResponsibility To Others Author:Ralph Fiennes
“I believe in the value of paranoia. Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business and then another chunk and then another until there is nothing left.” PeopleWantBelieveValuesLeftI BelieveSuccessfulDestructionI Believe InSeedsBusiness SuccessParanoiaChunks Author:Andy Grove
“Creating a city for successful aging involves incorporating age friendly values into everything we do - every plan, every project, every design. I'm excited to be leading Honolulu in this effort, and I believe that it will be one of the most rewarding things I do as Mayor.” BelieveAgeValuesI BelieveEffortCitiesSuccessfulPlansDesignProjectsCreatingAgingExcitedFriendlyMayorsIncorporatingHonolulu Author:Kirk Caldwell
“A lot of people believe they are successful because they have everything they want. They have added value to themselves. But I believe significance comes when you add value to others and you can't have true success without significance.” PeopleWantBelieveValuesI BelieveSuccessfulAddSignificanceTrue SuccessAdded Value Author:John C. Maxwell
“Whales have become newly symbolic of real values in a world environment of which man is newly aware. Whales live in families, they play in the moonlight, they talk to one another, and they care for one another in distress. They are awesome and mysterious. In their cold, wet, and forbidding world they are complete and successful. They deserve to be saved, not as potential meatballs, but as a source of encouragement to mankind.” MenWorldRealPlayCareValuesSuccessfulEnvironmentMankindSourceColdDeserveEncouragementSavedMysteriousWetDistressMoonlightSymbolicWhalesReal ValueWorld EnvironmentMeatballs Author:Victor Blanchard Scheffer
“Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie. It's very simple. The market will value you.” WayImportantValuesSimpleSuccessfulImportant Things Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people.” PeopleHas BeensMadeYoungValuesSportsRolesSuccessfulStudentsMetsModelsAthleteRole ModelsClosestClosest Friends Author:Jennie Finch
“It's immoral to parent irresponsibly... And it doesn't help matters any when prime time tv, like "Murphy Brown", a character who is supposed to represent a successful career woman of today, mocks the importance of the father by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another "lifestyle choice." Marriage is probably the best anti-poverty program there is... Even though our cultural leaders in Hollywood, network TV, the national newspapers routinely jeer at [such values] I think most of us in this room know that some things are good, and other things are wrong.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenMatterCharacterHelpingTodayValuesChoicesFatherParentRoomsLeaderCareersPovertySuccessfulTvsCallingProgramHollywoodImportanceLifestyleNewspapersBrownPrimeImmoralMurphyCareer WomenSuccessful CareerPrime TimeLifestyle ChoicesMurphy Brown Author:Dan Quayle