Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business

What business strategy is all about; what distinguishes it from all other kinds of business planning - is, in a word, competitive advantage. Without competitors there would be no need for strategy, for the sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as effectively as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors

Everyone is in business for himself, for he is selling his services, labor or ideas. Until one realizes that this is true he will not take conscious charge of his life and will always be looking outside himself for guidance.

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.

I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good.

Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere.

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men