2. It is best to avoid standing directly between a competitive jerk and his
goals.
3. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard
work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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5. Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill
6. Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't
mean it's useless. Thomas A. Edison
7. Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow
of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task
that demanded our best. Theodore Isaac Rubin
8. If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
9. Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make
me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with
people. Mary Kay Ash
Make Me Feel Important
10. In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and
experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Harold
S. Geneen
11. Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast
about your project or service, and that bring friends with them. W.
Edwards Deming
12. Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest
people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work. Robert Orben
13. The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
Aristotle Onassis
14. Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill
15. If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give
him a chance. Abraham Lincoln
16. Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your
employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things
effectively, you can't miss. Lee Iacocca
17. The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and
exploits it as an opportunity. Peter Drucker
18. If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank
$100 million, that's the bank's problem. J. Paul Getty
27. Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. Paul
Tournier
28. Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be
amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers. Ross Perot
29. Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in
your subordinates. Don Marquis
30. People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.' Sinclair Lewis
31. The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to
influence their actions. John Hancock
32. A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. Henry
Ford
33. Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for
anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps
friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity
and contentment. Grenville Kleiser
34. The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all,
but goes on making his own business better all the time. Henry Ford
35. In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too
late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're
gone. Bill Gates
36. Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation. Milan
Kundera