Quotes on Inspiring Business

Do what is necessary to be resilient. You will get knocked down. What matters is that you get back up.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

There is only one boss. The customer.

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.