“Men of business are accustomed to quote the maxim that Time is money; but it is much more; the proper improvement of it is self-culture, self-improvement, and growth of character.”
Samuel Smiles
TimeSelf-Improvement
Business Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · BUSINESS
Business Quotes
Read 200 of the best business quotes on success, money, leadership and entrepreneurship from Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin and more.
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”
Elbert Hubbard
FearRisk
“Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.”
Elbert Hubbard
InitiativeLeadership
“Success is the sum of detail.”
Orison Swett Marden
DetailsSuccess
“An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
LeadershipFounders
“Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hard WorkSuccess
“There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.”
Mark Twain
InvestingFunny
“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.”
Oscar Wilde
MoneyWitty
“My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, nor to one place.”
William Shakespeare
DiversificationRisk
“Let every man be master of his time.”
William Shakespeare
Time ManagementDiscipline
“The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.”
The Bible (Proverbs 14:15)
PrudenceDue Diligence
“The borrower is servant to the lender.”
The Bible (Proverbs 22:7)
DebtFinance
“In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.”
The Bible (Proverbs 11:14)
AdviceLeadership
“He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.”
The Bible (Proverbs 28:20)
GreedEthics
“She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”
The Bible (Proverbs 31:16)
EntrepreneurshipInvestment
“Thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things.”
The Bible (Matthew 25:21)
ResponsibilityGrowth
“The labourer is worthy of his hire.”
The Bible (Luke 10:7)
Fair PayWork
“He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread.”
The Bible (Proverbs 12:11)
Hard WorkReward
“The superior man wishes to be slow in his speech and earnest in his conduct.”
Confucius
ActionLeadership
“Riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves.”
Francis Bacon
WealthRisk
“It is generally better to deal by speech than by letter.”
Francis Bacon
NegotiationCommunication
“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination.”
Lord Chesterfield
Time ManagementProductivity
“Take care of the pence; for the pounds will take care of themselves.”
Lord Chesterfield
SavingMoney
“By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it.”
Adam Smith
Self-InterestEconomics
“The interest of the dealers in any particular branch of trade or manufactures, is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public.”
Adam Smith
EconomicsEthics