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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.
If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.
If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.
Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in read more
Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in red herrings.
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you read more
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.
Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned read more
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.
The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly read more
The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
