| GLOBAL BUSINESS
AllSTARS "Peruse again and again the campaigns of the [great generals]. This is the only means of becoming a great captain, and of acquiring the secret of the art of war. Your own genius will be enlighted and improved by this study, and you will learn to reject all maxims foreign to the priciples of these great commanders." Napoleon "Napoleone's Art of War," Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995 ,page 104 |
| Sheldon Adelson (1933- )
"I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and change it?" http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/sheldon_adelson.html http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Sheldon-Adelson_ER9O.html |
| Giovanni Agnelli (1866-1945)
"I believe that we were very, very lucky that it went that way." http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs21/giovanniagnelli1921-1.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/giovanni_agnelli.html |
| William Maxwell Aitken (1879-1964) Lord Beaverbrook "Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses." http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/beaverbrook.htm http://www.funnyjunk.com/quotes/authors/354/William+Maxwell+Aitken/ |
| Karl Albrecht (1920-)
"Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long." http://www.tiscali.de/bildergalerie/bilder/1077884612_Karl-Albrecht.JPG http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/karl_albrecht/ |
| Dhirubhai Ambani (1932-2002)
"Think big, think fast." http://www.dayafterindia.com/july30/images/Ambani.gif http://profiles.allindiansite.com/ambani.html |
| Marc Andreessen (1971-)
"One of the problems big companies tend to have with innovation is not that they don't have ideas. It's just they're so big that the next innovative idea -- if it's not equally huge -- isn't going to move the needle on their financials." http://www.opsware.com/company/branding/marc_andreessen.JPG http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/ chronicle/archive/2003/12/07/BUGMP3GOVK1.DTL |
| Chris Argyris (1923-)
"Most people define learning...as mere “problem-solving”, so they focus on identifying and correcting errors in the external environment. Solving problems is important. But if learning is to persist, managers and employees...need to reflect critically on their own behaviour, identify the ways they often inadvertently contribute to the organisation’s problems, and then change how they act." http://www.infed.org/images/people/argyris.JPG http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/L002188/ |
| Richard Arkwright (1732-1792)
"" http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRarkwrightR.JPG |
| Charles Babbage (1792-1871)
"Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all." http://www.mathe.tu-freiberg.de/~dempe/schuelerpr_neu/pics/babbage.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_babbage.html |
| Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
"Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable." http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/portrait/bacon.JPG http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Sir_Francis_Bacon |
| Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891)
"Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_T._Barnum http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/p_t_barnum.html |
| Christopher A. Bartlett (1942- )
"It's you the employee who are responsible for the companies competitiveness." http://hbswk.hbs.edu/images/cbartlett.JPG http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971008/ |
| R. Meredith Belbin (1926-)
"Do you want a collection of brilliant minds or a brilliant collection of minds?" http://www.nndb.com/people/937/000030847/mbelbin1.JPG http://www.heartquotes.net/teamwork-quotes.html |
| Warren Gameliel Bennis (1925-)
"Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard." http://www.ihd-inspiration.com/pix/bennis.JPG http://www.coolquotes.com/quotes/warren_bennis.html |
| Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782)
"..the value of an item must not be based on its price, but rather on the utility that it yields." http://www.esa.int/images/DanielBernoulli,1.JPG "Against the Gods," Peter L. Bernstein, Wiley, New york, 1996 ,page 99 |
| Jeffrey Bezos (1964-)
"I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew one thing I might regret was not trying." http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/bez0bio-1 |
| Kenneth Hartley Blanchard (1939-)
"The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority." http://www.preferredspeakers.com/speakerSearch/photos/Blanchard.JPG http://www.zaadz.com/quotes/authors/kenneth_blanchard/ |
| William Edward Boeing (1881-1956)
"I think we can build a better plane." http://www.aiolosfilm.com/WmBoeingBio.html |
| John Bogle (1929-)
"If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn't be in stocks." http://leadership.wharton.upenn.edu/digest/images/BogleLowerRes.jpg http://www.investopedia.com/university/greatest/johnbogle.asp |
| Robert Bosch (1861-1942)
"I would rather lose money than trust." http://home.t-online.de/home/Kunert.R/Bosch1.JPG http://www.bosch.co.jp/en/world/quality/ |
| Emilio Botin (1934-)
"." http://www.estrelladigital.es/040830/fotos%5CEco%5C30botin.JPG |
| Richard Branson (1950-)
" A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/richard_branson.htm |
| Fernand Braudel (1902-1985)
"History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all." http://www.latarea.com.mx/images/fbraudel.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/fernand_braudel.html |
| Edward Francis Leopold Brech (1909-2006)
"" http://www.comc.org.uk/images/Ed_Supper/6013-31.JPG |
| Sergey Brin (1973- )
"Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.” http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/54/richlist07_Sergey-Brin_D664.html |
| Gautama Buddha (550 BCE) Siddhartha "...he who does not cleave to wealth, and possessing riches, uses them rightly, will be a blessing unto his fellows." http://www.latarea.com.mx/images/fbraudel.JPG http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg24.htm Wealth and Service Case |
| Warren Buffett (1930-)
"It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked." http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/08/31/buffett/ "Warren Buffet Speaks", Janet Lowe, John Whiley & Sons, Inc., 1977, page 108 Value Investing Case |
| Leo Burnett (1891-1971)
"Advertising says to people, 'Here's what we've got. Here's what it will do for you. Here's how to get it." http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/burnett.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/leo_burnett.html |
| Girolamo Cardano (1501-1576)
"The greatest advantage from gambling comes from not playing it at all." http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/timeline/people/antiqueimages/cardano.JPG "Against the Gods," Peter L. Bernstein, Wiley, New york, 1996 ,page 45 |
| Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
"Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it." http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/photos/assets/photos/1043.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/andrew_carnegie.html |
| Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
"...the person who has technical knowledge plus the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people---that person is headed for higher earning power." http://www.doingsuccess.com/images/picture-carnegie.JPG "How To Win Friends and Influence People," Dale Carnegie, Pocket Books, New York, 1981,page xiv Genuine Interest Case |
| Willis Haviland Carrier (1876-1950)
"We will not do less research and development work...We will not discharge the people we have trained...We will all work for nothing if we have to." http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/carrier.html |
| Walter Percy Chrysler (1875-1940)
"The real secret to success is enthusiasm." http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/ index.php?cmd=view&id=136&type=inductees http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/Walter-Chrysler/1/ |
| Liz Claiborne (1929-)
"Create career wear that is classic---yet fresh and definitely not boring and it is at the right price point" http://www.nndb.com/people/497/000055332/liz-claiborne.JPG http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-06-27-obit-claiborne_N.htm |
| James H. Clark (1944-)
"[a CEO must be] A leader...good manager. Someone who is trusted by others...who is stable and organizationally minded...with experience...who is financially practical...who is comprehensive in scope because CEOs have to be able to understand how all the pieces fit together...who inspires the employees within the organization. But CEOs aren't the only thing that matters. You need a great CFO too. " http://www.engology.com/eng5clark.htm http://www.darwinmag.com/read/100100/disorganization.html |
| Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918-)
"Modern business enterprise came in when administrative coordination did better than market mechanisms in enhancing productivity and lowering costs." http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/images/staff/Chandler.JPG http://www.eh.net/bookreviews/library/landes.shtml |
| Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831)
"The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wartech/images/natu-clausewitz.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/carl_von_clausewitz.html |
| Samuel Colt (1814-1862)
"The good people of this world are very far from being satisfied with each other and my arms are the best peacemakers." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/SamuelColt.jpeg http://www.forbes.com/fyi/2006/1030/113a.html |
| Stephen R. Covey (1932-)
"Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people." http://aaahq.org/AM2004/images/speakers/covey.JPG http://www.heartquotes.net/teamwork-quotes.html |
| Daniel Defoe (1659-1731)
"We loved the doctrine for the teacher's sake." http://www.cliftononline.net/upload/daniel%20defoe.JPG http://www.poemhunter.com/daniel-defoe/quotations/poet-37478/page-1/ Know Your Goods Case |
| Joseph De La Vega (abt 1688)
"Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares." http://www.maps-charts.com/images/Rembrandt%20-%20Goldweigher%20%2066-10.JPG "The World of Business," Bursk, Clark, Hidy, & Harvard Business School, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1962, pages 794-807 |
| Michael Dell (1965-)
"It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference." http://www.conspiracyworld.com/web/Articles/Article%20Images/michael_dell_0204_nl.gif http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/michael-dell-quotes.htm |
| W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993)
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival." http://wwweng.uwyo.edu/halloffame/images/deming.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/w_edwards_deming.html |
| Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966)
"Laughter is America's most important export." http://www.clubjosh.com/clubhouse/bday/2002/100stars/images/walt-disney.JPG http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/quotes/ |
| Peter Drucker (1909)
"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer..." http://207.36.242.12/data/images/peter/drucker-main.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/peter_f_drucker.html Management |
| James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925)
"I think I'll have to buy me some friends sometime." http://www.lib.duke.edu/archives/images/people/dukes/duke_jb-portriat.JPG http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741497-5,00.html |
| George Eastman (1854-1932)
"The letter K has been a favorite with me - it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter. It became a question of trying out a great number of combinations of letters that made words starting and ending with 'K'. The word 'Kodak' is the result." http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/kodak/kodak.htm http://www.buildingbrands.com/didyouknow/05_kodak.shtml |
| Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/images4/92109.JPG http://www.thomasedison.com/edquote.htm |
| Michael D. Eisner (1942-)
"You can't succeed unless you've got failure, at least creatively." http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/eis0int-1 |
| Lawrence J. Ellison (1944-)
"I do not give fashionable answers to questions." http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ell0int-1 |
| Henri Fayol (1841-1925)
"[There is] a strong positive correlation between planning and organizational success." http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/images/JPG-100dpi-5in/misc/Wren/Portraits/Fayol.JPG http://www.cyc-net.org/quote2/quote-346.html |
| Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988)
"Aerodynamics is for people who don't know how to build engines." http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/ index.php?cmd=view&id=136&type=inductees http://users.tellurian.com/robert/quotes.html |
| Fred Edward Fiedler (1922-)
"The leader’s effectiveness is based on ‘situational contingency’, that is a result of interaction of two factors, known as 'leadership style' and 'situational favourableness'." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiedler_contingency_model |
| Philip Arthur Fisher (1907-2004)
"The business 'grapevine' is a remarkable thing." http://www.thaivalueinvestor.com/Phil%20Fisher.JPG "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits," Philip Fisher, Wiley, New York, 1996 ,page 17 |
| Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933)
"The man who thinks leadership cannot be learned will probably remain in a subordinate position." http://www.westga.edu/~bquest/2001/women3.JPG http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is_n5_v85/ai_19352139/pg_4 |
| Henry Ford (1863-1947)
"When all you want is a good set of hands, unfortunately a person is attached." http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/ index.php?cmd=view&id=136&type=inductees http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971008/ |
| Milton Friedman (1912-2006)
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." http://www.nndb.com/people/645/000022579/milton-friedman-color.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/milton_friedman.html |
| John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)
"A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions." http://www.educa.aragob.es/iespgaza/ecobachillerato/economistas/Image26.gif http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_kenneth_galbraith.html |
| Francis Galton (1822-1911)
"The [inheritance] law is even-handed; it levies the same succession-tax on the transmission of badness as well as of goodness." http://www.huxley.net/contexts/francis-galton.JPG "Against the Gods," Peter L. Bernstein, Wiley, New york, 1996 ,page 167 |
| Bill Gates (1955-)
"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/gates.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/bill_gates.html |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss (-)
"Order is impossible to find unless disorder is there first." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/2/22/Gauss.JPG "Against the Gods," Peter L. Bernstein, Wiley, New york, 1996 ,page 45 |
| Harold Geneen (1910-1997)
"I want no surprises. The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability to smell a real fact from all others." http://www.itt.com/IOHextra/rel15/images/jan03-article1-photo.gif "Movers & Shakers," Bloomberg Publishing, 2003 ,page 191 |
| Louis V. Gerstner (1942-)
"Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding." http://www.reed-electronics.com/eb-mag/contents/images/06paid4.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/louis_gerstner.html |
| Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976)
"I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts." http://www.npg.org.uk/live/images/display/X88886.JPG http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/Jean-Paul-Getty/1/ |
| Sumantra Ghoshal (1946-)
"A lot of managers work long and hard simply to...preside over the inevitable. Yet management is all about making things happen that otherwise wouldn't, about making ordinary people produce extraordinary results." http://www.speakers.co.uk/Retro/Media/Images/Speakers/5041.JPG http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/search/article/410304/uk-gurus-sumantra-ghoshal/ |
| Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1978-1972)
Frank Bunker Gilbreth (1868-1924) "It's really a matter of marshaling your resources, using time sensibly." by Lillian Gilbreth http://www.biz.colostate.edu/faculty/dennism/Management-Evolution_files/image020.gif http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877653,00.html |
| King Camp Gillette (1855-1932)
"I first thought of the safety razor. For years I had pondered the possibilities of finding some cheap article that would be used daily, and have a constant replacement demand." http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/images/gillette_k.JPG http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,787668,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |
| Roberto Goizueta (1931-1997)
"The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving." http://www.portraitpartners.com/portraits/goizueta.JPG http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/Roberto-Goizueta/1/ |
| Victor Gollancz (1893-1967)
"The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays." http://orwell.ru/people/gollancz/img/golan_1.JPG http://www.lyonsmorris.com/quotearch.htm |
| Benjamin Graham (1894-1976)
"Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble... to give way to hope, fear and greed." http://www.alfil.com/articulos/images/articu35.gif http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/benjamin-graham-quotes.htm Intrinsic Value Case |
| Katharine Graham (1917-2001)
"To love what you do and feel that it matters — how could anything be more fun?" http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/07-01/07-18-01/18graham.JPG http://womenshistory.about.com/library/qu/blqugrak.htm?once=true& |
| Andrew S. Grove (1936-)
"If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry." http://www.linux-community.de/pics/37/1.JPG http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/X000506AE/ |
| Charles Handy (1932-)
"The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul." http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/L000822/$File/charles-handy.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_handy.html |
| William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
"A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot." http://www.facade.com/celebrity/photo/William_Randolph_Hearst.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/ william_randolph_hearst.html |
| Milton Snavely Hershey (1857-1945)
"Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising." http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6303936970.01.LZZZZZZZ.JPG |
| Frederick Herzberg (1923-2000)
"Managers do not motivate employees by giving them higher wages, more benefits, or new status symbols. Rather, employees are motivated by their own inherent need to succeed at a challenging task. ...the manager should provide opportunities for people to achieve so they will become motivated." http://www.motivatoren.de/gif_JPG/herzberg.JPG http://www.pridepublications.com/cont/qualityquotes.html |
| William Reddington Hewlett (1913-2001)
"All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties." http://web.mit.edu/invent/images/awards/hewlett1.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_reddington_hewlet.html |
| Fritz Hoffman-La Roche (1868-1918)
"." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Hoffmann-La_Roche |
| Soichiro Honda (1909-1992)
"If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like." http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/ index.php?cmd=view&id=136&type=inductees http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/Soichiro-Honda/1/ |
| Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (1905-1975)
"I'm not a paranoid derranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire." http://www.oilworks.com/yearend2000/pics/hughes2.gif http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/howard_hughes.html |
| Lee Iacocca (1924-)
"People want economy and they will pay any price to get it." http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=136&type=inductees http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Lee_Iacocca/ |
| Iwasaki Yataro (1813-1885)
"." |
| Steve Jobs (1955-)
"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new." http://i.timeinc.net/b2/images/mag/ht03_steve_jobs_150x200.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/steve_jobs.html |
| Joseph M. Juran (1904-2008)
"Commitment is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism." http://www.asq.org/join/about/history/founders/juran.gif http://sps.k12.mo.us/quotes.htm |
| Chung Ju-Yung (1955-)
"Conviction creates indomitable efforts. This is the key to miracles." http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0415920507.01.LZZZZZZZ.JPG http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1554974,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |
| Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1943)
"To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings." http://www.thenub.net/images/uploads/rosabeth_moss_kanter.JPG |
| Robert S. Kaplan (1940- )
"A company's ability to innovate, improve, and learn ties directly to the company's value." http://www.ekonomist.co.yu/magazin/em183/img/RobertKaplan.JPG http://thinkexist.com/quotes/robert_s._kaplan/ |
| John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)
"Perception of probability, weight, and risk are all highly dependent on judgment, [and] the basis of our degrees of belief is part of our human outfit." http://www.bundestag.de/blickpunkt/bilderInhalte/0405/500px/0405041.JPG "Against the Gods," Peter L. Bernstein, Wiley, New york, 1996 ,page 227 |
| Kirk Kerkorian (1917- )
"When you're a self-made man you start very early in life. In my case it was at nine years old when I started bringing income into the family. You get a drive that's a little different, maybe a little stronger, than somebody who inherited." http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/54/richlist07_Kirk-Kerkorian_NINP.html http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/kirk-kerkorian/index.htm |
| Phil Knight (1938-)
"Perceptions are important, but they make a poor substitute for insight." http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/003287.html http://www.houseofquotes.com/authors/Phil_Knight.htm |
| Charles G. Koch (1935- )
"By instilling a work ethic in me at an early age, my father did me a big favor, although it didn't seem like a favor back then. By the time I was eight, he made sure work occupied most of my spare time." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_G._Koch http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0470139889/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link |
| Ray Kroc (1902-1984)
"If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours." http://www.nndb.com/people/315/000024243/ray-kroc.JPG http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/ray-kroc-quotes.htm |
| Edwin Land (1909-1991)
"Politeness is the poison of collaboration." http://www.machinedesign.com/Content/Issue/10632/EdwinLand.JPG http://www.zaadz.com/quotes/authors/edwin_land/ |
| Estee Lauder (1908-2004)
"Look for a sweet person. Forget rich." http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/lauder.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/estee_lauder.html |
| Ralph Lauren (1939-)
"I don't design clothes, I design dreams." http://www.infomat.com/whoswho/ralphlauren.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/ ralph_lauren.html |
| John Law (1671-1729)
"If Money were given to a People in greater Quantity than there was a Demand for, Money would fall in its value; but if only given equal to the Demand, it will not fall in value." http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/econ/mon.htm |
| Theodore Levitt (1925-)
"CREATIVITY is thinking up new things. INNOVATION is doing new things." http://www.hamiltonco.com/facultybios/tlevitt.JPG http://www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/authors/quotes_levitt_theodore.html |
| Edwin Lefevre (1925-)
"Big money was not in the individual fluctuations but in the main movements." Reminiscences of a Stock Operator." Edwin Lefevre, Wiley, New York, 1994, page 66-68 |
| Rensis Likert (1903-1981)
“The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals.” http://pages.slc.edu/~psychology/biographies/likert/Likert.JPG http://thinkexist.com/quotes/rensis_likert/ |
| John Locke (1632-1704)
"...gold and silver, being little useful to the life of man, in proportion to food, raiment, and carriage, has its value only from the consent of men." http://biografieonline.it/img/bio/John_Locke.JPG http://www.eco.utexas.edu/facstaff/Cleaver/LockeEssayonGovernmentChapV.html |
| Henry Robinson Luce (1898-1967)
"Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions." http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAluce.htm http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/henry_r_luce.html |
| Peter Lynch (1944- )
"The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy." http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/23/funds/lynch/lynch_peter.JPG http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/peter-lynch-quotes.htm Socks and Stocks Case |
| Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
"Before all else, be armed." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/thumb/5/50/180px-Niccol%c3%b2_Machiavelli.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/n/niccolo_machiavelli.html |
| Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834)
"The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes." http://web.utk.edu/~hnguyen7/images/malthus_article.JPG http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/thomas_robert_malthus/ |
| J. Willard Marriott (1900-1985)
"Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees." http://www.horatioalger.com/members/jpegs/mar74.JPG |
| Karl Marx (1818-1883)
"Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/180px-Kmarx.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/karl_marx.html |
| Alfred Marshall (1842-1924)
"Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth" http://www.wfu.edu/~heckeljc/workshop/alfredmarshall.JPG http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/alfred_marshall/ |
| Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/images/picture_maslow.JPG http://thinkexist.com/quotes/abraham_maslow/ |
| Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989)
"A person who can create ideas worthy of note is a person who has learned much from others." http://www.hifi-regler.de/pictures/special/konosuke_matsushita.JPG http://www.brainstorming.co.uk/quotes/creativequotations.html |
| Louis B. Mayer (1885-1957)
"Be smart, but never show it." http://new-brunswick.net/Saint_John/fame/pics/mayer.JPG http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/Louis-B-Mayer/1/ |
| Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884)
"I am proud," said McCormick's father, "to have a son who can do what I failed to do." http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/ scientific-identity/thumbnails/TNSIL14-M002-17.JPG http://www.globusz.com/ebooks/BigBusi/00000016.htm |
| Douglas McGregor (1906-1964)
Developing people “…does not include coercing them (no matter how benevolently) into acceptance of the goals of the enterprise, nor does it mean manipulating their behavior to suit organizational needs. Rather, it calls for creating a relationship within which a man can take responsibility for developing his own potentialities, plan for himself, and learn from putting his plan into action.” http://www.monografias.com/trabajos14/administracion-empresas/Image25.JPG http://www.mgmtquotes.com/2003/12/05/douglas-mcgregor/ |
| Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)
"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either." http://www.peak.sfu.ca/cmass/issue1/mcluhan.gif http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marshall_mcluhan.html |
| Scott McNealy (1954-)
"Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products." http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/www/article/2002/0919/snc.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/scott_mcnealy.html |
| Giovanni di Bicci de Medici (1360-1429)
"Be inoffensive to the rich and strong, while being consistently charitable to the poor and weak." http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/pics/dibicci.JPG "The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici," Christopher Hibbert, Perquin Books Ltd., London, 1974, page 41 Network and Success Case |
| Charles Merrill (1885-1956)
"Investigate, then invest." http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/merrill.html http://www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/ authors/quotes_merrill_charles.html http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_16/b3879045_mz072.htm |
| John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
"A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life." http://www.lions.odu.edu/~demiller/mill/mill.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_stuart_mill.html |
| Hachirobei Takatoshi Mitsui (1622-1694)
"." http://www.paulabest.com/catalog/curtis-uyeda/CU-04A-japanese-woman.JPG Work Together Case |
| J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
"When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen." http://www.drpribut.com/mt/morgan-tiny.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/j_p_morgan.html |
| Reinhard Mohn (1921- )
"...degrees and academic merit are of secondary importance - the important thing is that their projects have made a discernible contribution to society." http://www.china-a.de/cn/zlhb/bild/4.Reinhard%20Mohn.JPG http://www.eastchance.com/anunt.asp?q=36,eu,sch |
| Akio Morita (1921-1999)
"Curiosity is the key to creativity" http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/morita.html http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Akio_Morita/ |
| Rupert Murdock (1931-)
"I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir ’em up, but you can’t do that on television. It’s just not on." http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/journal/ murdock.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/ journal/murdock.htm&h=170&w=203&sz=16&tbnid= QBzJW0M_QUgJ:&tbnh=82&tbnw=98&start=2&prev=/ images%3Fq%3D%2522Rupert%2BMurdock%2522% 26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN http://www.bartleby.com/63/29/8129.html |
| Ikujiro Nonaka (1935-)
"A way to cope with this variety [in the marketplace] is to respond in kind by creating variety in one’s own organization structure." http://img.jp.fujitsu.com/prir/jp/profile/board/nonaka-l.JPG http://www.dialogonleadership.org/Nonaka-1996.html |
| David P. Norton ()
"Companies should decide what processes and competencies they must excel at and specify measures for each" http://www.juergendaum.de/mybook_i-Dateien/image004.JPG http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/david_p._norton/ |
| David Ogilvy (1911-1999)
"Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine." http://www.cnn.com/interactive/specials/9912/ yearinreview.passages/content/business/ogilvy.html http://www.creativequotations.com/one/486.htm |
| Kenichi Ohmae (1943-)
"If patriotism is...the last refuge of the scoundrel, wrapping outdated industry in the mantle of national interest is the last refuge of the economically dispossessed. In economic terms, pleading national interest is the declining cottage industry of those who have been bypassed by the global economy." http://www.kalder.org/img/13kongre/kenichi.JPG http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/Kenichi-Ohmae/1/ |
| Jorma Jaakko Ollila (1950-)
"As the market moves further into a new phase of advanced features and services, we see Nokia at the forefront in terms of brand, product offering and operational excellence." http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,8764,33325,00.html?appId=ollila http://nds1.nokia.com/aboutnokia/downloads/brochures/pdf/ corporate_brochure/AbtNokia.pdf |
| Pierre Omidyar (1967-)
"To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open - so when the door of opportunity opens, you're close enough to squeeze through." http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/052002Omidyar_Pierre_keynote.htm |
| Ernest Oppenheimer (1880-1957)
"There's a special place in hell, for mining men who don't work with the deposits the good Lord has given them." http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/oppenheimer-e.htm http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810133,00.html |
| Luca Pacioli (1445-1517)
"[I'm] merely writing down the [accounting] system which has been used in Venice for over two hundred years..." http://www.infoamerica.org/museo/tipografos/imagenes/pacioli.JPG http://www.riley-smith.com/hamish/document_view.php?cat=1&doc=49 |
| David Packard (1912-1996)
"Hewlett-Packard's stated values...serve as criteria for daily decision-making and advancement...values based management lifts everyone above trivial concerns to focus on those that are truly important." http://www.mbari.org/about/images/packard.JPG http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/cs_inex_hp.html |
| Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
"Fear of harm ought to be proportional not merely to the gravity of the harm, but also to the probability of the event." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/f/f5/180px-Blaise-pascal.JPG "Against the Gods," Peter L. Bernstein, Wiley, New york, 1996 ,page 71 |
| John H. Patterson (1844-1922)
"An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides." http://www.preservationdayton.com/images/other/JHPatterson.JPG http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/John_H._Patterson/ |
| Hugh de Payen (1070-1136)
"." http://pages.zdnet.com/ramel2001/sitebuildercontent/ sitebuilderpictures/knightstemplar.JPG |
| Tom Peters (1942-)
"Celebrate what you want to see more of." http://www.cooltown.com/cooltown/mpulse/graphics/1103-peters.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/tom_peters.html |
| William Petty (1623-1687)
"The causes of Civil Wars here in Europe proceed very much from Religion." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/200px-William_Petty.png http://www.eco.utexas.edu/facstaff/Cleaver/368readings.html |
| Armand Peugeot (1849-1915)
"." http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/ index.php?cmd=view&id=110&type=inductees |
| Leonardo Pisano (1170-1250) Fibonacci "How Many Pairs of Rabbits Are Created by One Pair in One Year? ...there will be 377 pairs" http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/exhibit/fibonacci/images/P_712614-3-Portr_Fibonacci.JPG http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/software/java/fibonacci/liber-abaci.html |
| Franz Josef Popp (1887-1951)
"." http://www.1619.com.cn/guiren-news/newsimg/15999-1.JPG |
| Michael Porter (1947-)
"The most profitable companies have a strong competitive position in a highly profitable industry. The poorest companies have weak positions in weak industries." http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=1894&t=strategy http://www.strategy4u.com/assessment_tools/info.php?s=2 |
| Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
"The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it." http://www.catallarchy.net/blog/cgi-bin/archives/Ayn%20Rand.JPG http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Ayn_Rand/ |
| Louis Renault (1877-1944)
"" http://www.forumuniversitaire.com/images/louis%20Reanault-Big.JPG |
| David Ricardo (1772-1823)
"There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pt/b/b9/David_ricardo.png http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/David-Ricardo/1/ |
| Arthur Rock (1926-)
"I wrote the business plan. And it was a page and a half, and I had raised all the money before I even sent the plan out. People knew, knew me and knew Noyce and Moore and they were anxious to, to invest." http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/1997/december/img/rock.jpeg http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/rock.htm |
| John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)
"A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship." http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/200px-JD_Rockefeller_Jr.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_d_rockefeller.html |
| Anita Roddick (1942-)
"Business is not financial science, it's about trading.. buying and selling. It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it." http://www.londonspeakerbureau.co.uk/media/speakerPics/Roddick25.JPG http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/anita-roddick-quotes.htm |
| Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932)
"Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary." http://www.msichicago.org/intpgs/parts_donate/art_plangiving.JPG http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Julius_Rosenwald/ |
| Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812)
"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws." http://www.perfecteconomy.com/img-rothschild-mayer-amschel---x200.JPG http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes.nsf/quotes5/faa92edf5f7e6f828525687a007f8bed Opportunity Case |
| Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871-1954)
"" http://www.larigan.com/photos/benrowntree.JPG |
| Sir Robert Sainsbury (1907-2000)
"[the charge an art object can give off is] not unlike a sexual experience." http://www.francis-bacon.cx/articles/sirrobert.JPG http://www.randafricanart.com/British_Market_in_Primitive_Art.html |
| David Sarnoff (1891-1970)
"Nobody can be successful unless he loves his work." http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/sarnoff.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/david_sarnoff.html |
| Edgar Schein (1928-)
"Consensus on the core mission does not automatically guarantee that the members of the group will have common goals." http://www.businessworldindia.com/sep1503/images/images150903/ indepth/SCHEIN.JPG http://www.meansbusiness.com/Leadership-and-Change-Books/ Organizational-Culture-and-Leadership.htm |
| Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950)
"Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil." http://www.politicsprofessor.com/images/theorists/joseph-schumpeter.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/joseph_a_schumpeter.html |
| Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1875-1966)
"If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero." http://info.detnews.com/dn/history/flint/images/sloan.gif http://www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/authors/quotes_sloan_alfredp.html |
| Adam Smith (1723-1790)
"Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man." http://www.econ.duke.edu/Economists/Gifs/Smith.gif http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/adam_smith.html |
| Solon (600 BCE)
"Laws are like spider webs, which stand firm when any light and yielding object falls upon them, while a larger thing breaks through them and makes off." http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/worldhis/figure30.JPG "Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers," Vol 1, R. D. Hicks, Harvard Press, Boston, 1972, page 59 |
| George Soros (1930-)
"My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones." http://www.george-soros.com/georgesoros.jpg http://www.global-investor.com/quote/356/George-Soros |
| Martha Stewart (1941-)
"I'm always on the lookout for those good simple solutions to everyday problems." http://www.cyberpaperboy.com/martha_stewart.JPG http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ste0int-1 |
| Levi Strauss (1829-1902)
“Gifts make slaves.” http://www.brownsteins.net/Ulpan/Images/Levi%20Strauss.JPG http://thinkexist.com/quotes/levi_strauss/ |
| Sun Tzu (400 BCE)
"When generals are weak and lack authority, instructions are not clear, officers and soldiers lack consistency, and they form battle lines every which way; this is riot." http://www.artofwarcards.com/Sun%20Tzu.JPG "Movers & Shakers," Basic Books, Cambridge, Ma, 2003 ,page 101 Command and Authority Case |
| Tashimo Kazuo (1899-1985)
"." |
| Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)
"This common tendency to ‘take it easy’ is greatly increased by bringing a number of men together on similar work and at a uniform standard rate of pay by the day." http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/taylor/taylor.JPG http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/economics/taylor/principles/ch01.htm |
| Thales (600 BCE)
"Know Thyself." http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/Images/thales-de-milet.JPG, "Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers," Vol 1, R. D. Hicks, Harvard Press, Boston, 1972, page 41 Advanced Information Case |
| Eiji Toyoda (1913-)
"Toyota has always believed our purpose is to serve the world through manufacturing." http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/ index.php?cmd=view&id=136&type=inductees http://www.electronics-scotland.com/ industry_comment/comment_item.cfm?itemID=18 |
| Robert Edward Turner, III (1938-)
"If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect." http://biografieonline.it/img/bio/Ted_Turner.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/ted_turner.html |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877)
"You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you." http://img.thefreedictionary.com/wiki/8/8d/Vanderbilt.JPG http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/cornelius_vanderbilt.html |
| Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929)
"No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive." http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/veblen.gif http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Thorstein_Veblen/ |
| John von Neumann (1903-1957)
"...the true source of uncertainty lies in the intentions of others." http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/images/vonNeumannLarge.JPG "Against the Gods," Peter L. Bernstein, Wiley, New york, 1996 ,page 232 |
| Sam Walton (1918-1992)
"The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. Its terribly important to get everyone involved. Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys." http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/walton.html http://quotations.about.com/od/stillmorefamouspeople/a/SamWalton1.htm |
| Paul Warburg (1868-1932)
"We will have a world government whether you like it or not. The only question is whether that government will be achieved by conquest or consent." http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/foregone/images/pictures/p2b.JPG http://groups.msn.com/AMERICASSURVIVAL/untruthchap2partviii.msnw |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr. (1974-1956)
"A manager is an assistant to his men." http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/watson.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_j_watson.html |
| Max Weber (1864-1920)
"The impulse to acquisition, pursuit of gain, of money, of the greatest possible amount of money, has in itself nothing to do with capitalism." http://www.soc.cmu.ac.th/~chaiwat/pix-soc/weber.JPG http://uregina.ca/~gingrich/wqw03.htm |
| Jack Welch (1935-)
"Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act." http://www.askmen.com/men/business_politics/45_jack_welch.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jack_welch.html |
| Frederick Weyerhaeuser (1834-1914)
"This is not for us, nor for our children, but for our grandchildren." http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAweyerhaeuser.JPG http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883385-2,00.html |
| Oprah Winfrey (1954-)
"It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to Triumph, begins with you. Always." http://www.uiowa.edu/~sbgps/images/oprah.JPG http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1 |
| Robert Winship Woodruff (1889-1985)
Favorite Quote: "When I compare the things I've lost with the things I've gained, and the things I've missed with what I might have attained, there is little room left for pride." Charlie Elliott http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/woodruff_hi.html http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/fire_forest/sidebars/robert_woodruff.html |
| Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919)
"Dreams never hurt anybody if he keeps working right behind the dreams to make as much of them become real as he can." http://www.uticaod.com/community/halloffame/history/images/use_woolworth_2.JPG http://koti.mbnet.fi/oneira/ |