Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what read more

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets.

A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is read more

A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.

Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.

Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.

Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service, by the idea that "he profits most read more

Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service, by the idea that "he profits most who serves best," and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying. -B. F. Harris.

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.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

Business without profit is not business any more than a pickle is candy.

Business without profit is not business any more than a pickle is candy.

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around read more

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.