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Inspirational

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway

– Unknown

There is no education like adversity

– Benjamin Disraeli

Gentlemen: I have not had your advantages.
What poor education I have received has been gained in the University of Life.

– Horatio Bottomley, Speech at Oxford Union, 1920

A man’s success in business today turns upon his power of getting people to believe he has something that they want.

– Gerald Stanley Lee-Crowds

There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.

– J. D. Holland

If one wants to be successful, one must think; one must think until it hurts. One must worry about a problem in one’s mind until it seems there cannot be another aspect of it that hasn’t been considered.

– Lord Thomson of Fleet

All men dream: but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

– T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

The freedom to fail is vital if you’re going to succeed. Most successful people fail time and time again, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.

– Michael Korda

Business

All things being equal people will buy from a friend.
All things being not quite so equal, people will still buy from a friend.

– Mark McCormack

Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.

– Gucci family slogan

Basically, the work that we do for our customers, which are our executive leadership, our sales forces, our product managers, and our strategy people, should help them with their customers . . . our approach is very customer-focused; how are we going to help our customers help their customers?

– Bret Breeding, former Global Corporate Competitive Intelligence Manager for Compaq Computer

Intelligence lies in recognizing opportunity.

– Chinese proverb

Sarcasm

The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

– Albert Einstein

A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.

– Arnold H. Glasgow

A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.

– Fred Allen

The plan was simple. Unfortunately, so was the chief executive

– Unknown

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises – but only performance is reality.

– Harold Geneen

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

– James Broughton

I come from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it.
At General Motors, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is hire a consultant on snakes.

– H. Ross Perot

While you’re negotiating for a 35-hour week, remember they have only just got 66 hours in Taiwan, and you’re competing with Taiwan.

– Victor Kiam

The Way

Always tell them three times. First tell them what you are going to tell them. Then tell it to them. Then tell them what it was that you have just told them.

– Unknown