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QUOTES ~ BUSINESS PEOPLE
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
Henry Ford
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
Thomas A. Edison
"Opportunity does not knock. It presents itself when you beat down the door."
Kyle Chandler
"I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist."
Ginni Rometty
"Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way...the good ones are messy, confusing, and hard to recognize. They're risky. They challenge you."
Susan Wojcicki
"What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has an obstacle and every obstacle has an opportunity."
J. Sidlow Baxter
"In the business world everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first, the cash will come later."
Harold Geneen
"If you see a bandwagon, it's too late."
James Goldsmith
"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity."
Peter Drucker
"Get the right people on the bus, get the wrong people off the bus, and get the right people in the right seats."
James C. Collins
"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it."
Estée Lauder
"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile."
Roger Staubach
"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs - one step at a time."
Joe Girard
"Do every job like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it."
Mary Barra
"People who never do more than they get paid for never get paid for any more than they do."
Elbert Hubbard
"Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?"
J. Paul Getty
"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."
Sam Ewing
"Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
Thomas A. Edison
"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
Ray Kroc
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."
Henry Ford
"I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money. I have a lot of money because I pay good wages."
Robert Bosch
"If you hit the target every time then it's too near or too big."
Tom Hirschfield
"Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things."
Peter Drucker
"You can't have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic."
Zig Ziglar
"The reward for good work is more work."
Francesca Elisia
"Leaders who don't listen eventually will be surrounded by people who have nothing to say."
Andy Stanley
"The closest to perfection a person ever becomes is when he fills out a job application form."
Stanley J. Randall
"Good things come to those who initiate."
Susan RoAne
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
Thomas A. Edison