Quotes on Business

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves.

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

We are always waiting for the perfect brief from the perfect client. It almost never happens [...] Whatever is on your desk right now, that's the one. Make it the best you possibly can.

Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.

...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.