There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.