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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.
“Wealth is in applications of mind to nature.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
WealthInnovation
“Always pay; for first or last you must pay your entire debt.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
DebtIntegrity
“Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
ProductivityEconomics
“Didst thou never hear that things ill-got had ever bad success?”
William Shakespeare
EthicsConsequences
“The labour we delight in physics pain.”
William Shakespeare
PassionWork
“The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.”
The Bible (Proverbs 20:4)
LazinessConsequences
“There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.”
The Bible (Proverbs 21:20)
SavingWisdom
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 5:10)
GreedContentment
“A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.”
The Bible (Proverbs 18:16)
TalentOpportunity
“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”
The Bible (Proverbs 11:25)
GenerosityReward
“He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 11:4)
ActionProcrastination
“To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men.”
Confucius
LeadershipManagement
“Anticipate things that are difficult while they are easy, and do things that would become great while they are small.”
Lao Tzu
PlanningStrategy
“Affected dispatch is one of the most dangerous things to business that can be.”
Francis Bacon
HasteManagement
“Time is the measure of business, as money is of wares.”
Francis Bacon
TimeBusiness
“Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.”
Lord Chesterfield
ExcellenceWork
“Dispatch is the soul of business.”
Lord Chesterfield
SpeedEfficiency
“No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.”
Booker T. Washington
Dignity Of WorkLabour
“Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.”
Benjamin Franklin
LazinessHard Work
“Have you somewhat to do to-morrow, do it to-day.”
Benjamin Franklin
ProcrastinationAction
“Who dainties love, shall beggars prove.”
Benjamin Franklin
SpendingDiscipline
“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.”
Benjamin Franklin
ExperienceLearning
“Three removes is as bad as a fire.”
Benjamin Franklin
StabilityFunny
“If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.”
Benjamin Franklin
Self-RelianceManagement