If you’re a small business owner with plans of expanding, take a look at these simple power phrases to put running a business into perspective.
Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. Henry Ford
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.
Henry Ford
The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.
Peter Lynch
No matter what your product is, you are ultimately in the education business. Your customers need to be constantly educated about the many advantages of doing business with you, trained to use your products more effectively, and taught how to make never-ending improvement in their lives. Robert G Allen
Behind every great company is a great team. Jim Treliving
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
Jeff Bezos
The entrepreneur is not really interested in doing the work; he is interested in creating the way the company operates. In that regard, the entrepreneur is an inventor. He or she loves to invent, but does not love to manufacture or sell or distribute what he or she invents. Michael Gerber
If your business depends on you, you don't own a business, you have a job, and it is the worst job in the world because you are working for a lunatic. Michael Gerber
Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON your business. Michael Gerber
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. Brian Tracey
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
Lee Iacocca
None of us is as good as all of us. Ray Kroc
If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.
Jack Canfield
Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller
Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Ingvar Kamprad
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. Bill gates