Business is really more agreeable than pleasure: it interests the whole mind ... but it does not look as if read more

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure: it interests the whole mind ... but it does not look as if it did.

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.

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a read more

Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force, and the man who does not make a religion of his business has a business life of no character.

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who read more

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.

Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning

Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use read more

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

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.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.