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In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - read more
In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from read more
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.
Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.
Business dispatched is business well done, But business hurried is business ill done.
Business dispatched is business well done, But business hurried is business ill done.
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break read more
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.
In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content--
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.
Live together like brothers, and do business like strangers.
Live together like brothers, and do business like strangers.
Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make
heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry read more
Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make
heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.
Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their read more
Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.
