Just had to share this with you - it's a favorite quotation of mine:

"There comes a special moment in everyone's life; a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission-a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour."
~ Winston Churchill, British prime minister


Enjoy!

Here's another one -

"Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision." Peter Drucker

Do you have a business quotation to share?

~Sharon

Here's one more:

"I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile." Walter Chrysler

Do you agree with this quotation?

Do you have a business quotation to share?

~Sharon

I like this one:

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework." Thomas Edison

What do you think?

Do you have a business quotation to share?

~Sharon

Here's one for Saturday February 19, 2011

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield." Warren Buffet

Do you have one to share?

~Sharon

Here is a business quotation for Monday, February 21, 2011

"What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come." Oprah Winfrey


~Sharon

Here is one for today:

"Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking. Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it's about trading: buying and selling."
- Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop


~Sharon

Here is today's quotation:

"To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business."
J. Paul Getty


Do you have any business quotations to share?

~Sharon

Here is a quotation to start off our new business week:

"We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better." Jeff Bezos

Do you have a business quotation to share?

Thanks!

~Sharon

Saw this and had to share - a powerful thought!

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." Nido Qubein

Do you agree?

~Sharon

Here's one I like alot:

"My father instilled in me that if you don't see things happening the way you want them to, you get out there and make them happen." Susan Powter, Author

This should keep us going for the weekend:

"If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you're wearing work shoes." Author Unknown


Do you have a business quote to share?

Thank you!
~Sharon

Let us know your thoughts on this business quotation:

"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." Ray Kroc

~Sharon

Another great quotation:

"I've felt that dissatisfaction is the basis of progress. When we become satisfied in business, we become obsolete."
J. Willard Marriott Sr


Do you have a business quotation to share?

Thanks for participating in our forum!

~Sharon

Here's a quote that makes perfect sense - do you agree?

"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people."
Theodore Roosevelt


~Sharon

Here is a thought . . .

"I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well."
Alan Greenspan


I agree - business dealings should be a win-win for all involved. Please share your thoughts.

~Sharon

I think this is a great way to look at things:

"As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big."
Donald Trump

Do you agree?

~Sharon

Here's one that makes me smile

"The big shots are only the little shots who keep shooting."
Christopher Morley


Do you have a business quotation to share?

~Sharon

I can relate to this one:

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open." Alexander Graham Bell

~Sharon

Here is a great quotation for today -

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."
� Henry Ford

Something to think about:

"It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class."
-- J. Willard Marriot

Saw this and thought it was a good business quote:


"The successful networkers I know, the ones receiving tons of referrals and feeling truly happy about themselves, continually put the other person's needs ahead of their own." Bob Burg


Do you agree?

~Sharon

Yes. It has worked for me.

This is a great quotation:

"There is always room at the top."
� Daniel Webster


I believe we are destined for greatness!

~Sharon

What do you think of this one?

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield." Warren Buffett

Found another good business quotation:

"The most powerful element in advertising is the truth."
-- William Bernbach


Do you have one to share?

~Sharon

I love this one!

"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." ~Indira Gandhi


What do you think?

~Sharon

I think this may be one of my new favorites:

"If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you're wearing work shoes."
-- Author Unknown


What do you think?

~Sharon

I enjoy quotations from Oprah Winfrey -

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint--and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing "
~ Oprah Winfrey

I saw this and wanted to share:

"We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will
also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind."
� Stephen Covey

**Some great advice!**

~Sharon

Personal development is an important part of professional success - that's why I like this quotation so much:

"There is no passion found in playing small � in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." Nelson Mandella

I think this is so true . . .

"Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life." Wayne Dyer


~Sharon

What do you think of this one?

"Believe in yourself.. in all you can do.. and for you, the deals will start to work in your favor. You need to be open to such deals, and they will come, I assure you." Ivana Trump


~Sharon Michaels

I thought you'd like this one -


"Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision."
-- Ayn Rand, Novelist


~Sharon

I saw this one today - powerful words!

"The entrepreneur is... the most important player in the building of the global economy. So much so that big companies are reconstituting themselves as networks of entrepreneurs."
John Naisbitt, writer

~ Sharon

I love this quote!!!

"The moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help." ~ Napoleon Hill

Something to think about - enjoy!

~Sharon

This is a good one!

"Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator."
Yogi Berra

This one is so true!

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
� Peter F. Drucker

This quotations fits in perfectly with an article on the Business Coach site:

�Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.�
- Harry S. Truman


Here's the article:
Business Books for Summer Reading

Do you agree or disagree?

"What holds so many employees back is an unwillingness to pay the price, to make the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort."
~ Orison Marden, writer

�Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.�

~ Jack Welch

I remember one quote "In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield." Warren Buffett (1930 - )

When I first read this quote I thought it sounded negative but it really isn't. What do you think?

"The secret of business, especially these days, is to focus relentlessly on your unfair advantage - the thing you do that others don't."
~ John Rollwagen, executive

~Sharon

What do you think of this one?

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." ~ Vince Lombardi

And who doesn't appreciate praise?

"Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune."

Sam Walton

A successful businesswoman understands -

"No one can become rich without enriching others. Anyone
who adds to prosperity must prosper in turn."
G. Alexander Orndorff

I'd say this man knows what he is talking about!

"What's dangerous is not to evolve."
~ Jeff Bezos - founder, president, and CEO of Amazon.com

What are your thoughts?

~Sharon

"The most dangerous question a prospect or customer asks is "Why should I?" And he may ask it more than once... The product and its communication stream must continue to provide him with both rational and emotional answers."
~ Lester Wunderman

I've also appreciated this quote:

�Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.� Les Brown

~Sharon

Here's another great one:

"I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing."

~ Larry Bird, basketball player


**Do you have a quotation you'd like to add?

~Sharon

Here's one to think about:

"Once you have a clear picture of your priorities- that is values, goals, and high leverage activities- organize around them."
~ Stephen Covey


Do you have a favorite business quotation to share?

Love this quotation by Henry Ford about the power of mastermind groups:

"Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success."

~Sharon

Saw this one . . .

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."

Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach


~Sharon

Here's a good one . . .

"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things."

Peter Drucker

Do you have a business quotation to share?

~Sharon

WOW! This one says so much:

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year � and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

Anthony Robbins


~ Sharon

Here's a great quotation about leadership -

"You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself." Harvey Firestone

What do you think?

~Sharon

There is definitely some wisdom here:

It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning. Dr Graeme Edwards


~Sharon

Something to think about . . .

"If you don't get noticed, you don't have anything. You just have to be noticed, but the art is in getting noticed naturally, without screaming or without tricks." ~ Leo Burnett

Do you have any favorite business quotes to share?

~ Sharon

I don't know the origin of this one, but I've had it taped to my monitor since I first saw it: "Excellence is the result of Caring more than others think is wise, Risking more than others think is safe, Dreaming more than others think is practical, And expecting more than others think is possible."

If you fail to plan,
Then plan to fail.

By Someone Clever.

Here's a favourite of mine:

"I have never met the person who went out to do what they dreamed of, and regretted it - whether they later succeeded for failed."

Simon Woodroffe, founder of Yo! Sushi!

Thank you Grace - that's a great one!

I saw this one today -

"The key to successful time management is doing the most important task first, and giving it your full concentration, to the exclusion of everything else."
~ Alex MacKenzie


If you have a favorite business quotation, please share.

~Sharon

I like this one . . .

"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."
~ Lloyd Alexander


Thank you for participating on our forum!
~Sharon

Here's one of my favorites:

"The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen." Lee Iacocca, Auto Executive


Do you have a favorite business quotation to share?

~Sharon

Saw this one and had to share . . .

"Where your talents and the world's needs cross, there lies your vocation." Arisotle


Do you have a favorite business quotation to share?

~Sharon

Wishing you a happy, healthy and successful 2012!

Here's a great quote to begin the New Year . . .

�Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.�
~ Maria Robinson


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~Sharon