Business Quotes

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.

John Morley

History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.

Kahlil Gibran

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Ambrose Bierce

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

Benjamin Franklin

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.

William Hazlitt

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

Charles Dickens

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.

Calvin Coolidge

I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.

Leonardo DiCaprio

In today's social business marketplace Facebook is one of the best places for nonprofits to be discovered and connect with a larger audience on the basis of shared values. So to get started, a non-profit should launch a Facebook page and invite your existing real world community to connect your cause and their networks.

Simon Mainwaring

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.

Sophia Bush

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

Owen D. Young

It's a real roller-coaster ride if you're lucky to have longevity in this business - you have to be able to ride those waves.

Jennifer Lopez

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

Robert Louis Stevenson

I don't think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don't think they know how to run a trailer park.

Billy Graham

It is the business of the future to be dangerous and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

Alfred North Whitehead

That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.

Thomas Jefferson

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

Andre Maurois

If you did not look after today's business then you might as well forget about tomorrow.

Isaac Mophatlane

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

Dalton Trumbo

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.

Howard Aiken