Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
- George S. Patton

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist.
- J. Paul Getty

The absolute fundamental aim is to make money out of satisfying customers.
- John Egan

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
- Bill Gates

Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
- Thomas J. Peters

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.
- James Cash Penney

The greatest danger a team faces isn't that it won't become successful, but that it will, and then cease to improve.
- Mark Sanborn

Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you.
- Mark Cuban

Success produces success, just as money produces money.
- Sebastien Chamfort

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
- Zig Ziglar

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.
- Carl Icahn

If your thinking is sloppy, your business will be sloppy. If you are disorganized, your business will be disorganized. If you are greedy, your empoyees will be greedy, giving you less and less of themselves and always asking for more.
- Michael Gerber

Like most business people, I want every aspect of my business to be perfect. I know that this goal is unachievable, but it is nevertheless what I strive to achieve.
- Bob Parsons