Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

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.

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

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

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

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

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

I want to put a ding in the universe.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

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

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell.

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.

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.

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

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.