If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.
Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue. You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
I’m a fake fact factory. The things I make are the things I make up. Also, as a side business, I make love. Actually, I just made that up.
Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.
But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!
We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
I would prefer a sword to fight duel, but a pen to plan a war.
You have to work on the business first before it works for you.
When you work on something that only has the capacity to make you 5 dollars, it does not matter how much harder you work – the most you will make is 5 dollars.
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
The type of person you are is usually reflected in your business. To improve your business, first improve yourself.