Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself..

During the last five years, those four advantages-costs, products, people, goodwill-have been the salvation of Interface during a recession that saw ….

I want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior, which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, busines….

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him..

I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat..

All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing..

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented..

We need an honest bottom line. Today that bottom line is vastly subsidized. If anyone of us were paying the full cost of oil our bottom lines would b….

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to..

From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something grea….

Every decision you make is a mistake..

In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked t….

If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community..

I spend 90% of my time with people who don't report to me, which also allows for serendipity, since I'm walking around the office all the time. You d….

You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well..

It is such a great fault to talk too much that, in business and conversation, if what is good is also brief, it is doubly good, and one gains by brev….

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees..

Buy cheap and sell high is a rule of business, and when you control enough money and enough banks you can always manage that a stock you want shall b….

There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practici….

Life is all business..

If you want to sell 'em fish, sell 'em big fish. That's the secret to success..