I am always doing
that which I cannot do,
in order
that I may learn
how to do it.
Pablo Picasso
sculptor, and stage designer)
I cannot give you
the formula for success,
but I can give you
the formula for failure,
which is:
Try to please everybody.
Herbert B. Swope
Business is
a combination of
war and sport.
André Maurois
You can close
more businesses in two months
by becoming interested
in other people
than you can in two years
by trying to get
people interested in you.
Dale Carnegie
I went
into the business
for the money,
and the art grew out of it.
If people are disillusioned
by that remark,
I can’t help it.
It’s the truth.
Charlie Chaplin
film maker, and composer)
There’s no reason
to be the richest man
in the cemetery.
You can’t do
any business from there.
Colonel Harland David Sanders
Don’t worry
about people
stealing your ideas.
If your ideas
are any good,
you’ll have to ram them down
people’s throats.
Howard Aiken
in computing, IBM conceptual designer)
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.
Sam Walton
entrepreneur, founder of Walmart)
