Businessman Quotes

I am very, very conscious of time. I always wear two watches. People ask me, 'Why do you do that?' Because I was late once,and it cost me a huge opportunity.
I chose to embrace the spirit of my mother, who, though she had too many of her own dreams denied, deferred, and destroyed, she still instilled in me, her child, that I could have dreams and that I did have a responsibility and the power.
I cut grass, I did yard work, I did roofing, I cleaned basements to take care of my family.
I didn't grow up in a household where dinner conversation was, 'How did the market do today?'
I do one thing - I don't do it on purpose - but I always make other guys look underdressed.
I grew up without a father.
I had never gone to college. I was not from a politically connected family. I had no money of my own. Who is going to do business with you?
I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy.
I have one of those old-fashioned mothers who told me every single day, 'Son, you can do or be anything that you want to do or be.' And I believed it. I bought into it 100%.
I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
I initially moved to San Francisco to become a research associate for one of the top young heart surgeons in the country. Everything that I learned in that position is that skills, talent, and expertise are transferable.
I made a decision as a five-year-old boy that my kids will know who their father is.
I say to people all the time, it is OK to fail. Some of the greatest successes in the history of America started out as failures.
I was blessed to have the guys at Bear Stearns as mentors. They taught me a lot, but most of all, they taught me that there's nothing wrong with selling if you're selling the right product to the right person.
I went through pain as a child so my children wouldn't have to.
I'm a Levi's guy.
I'm encouraged by what I see of men trying to be there for their children.
I'm known to be aggressively early.
I've been saying to people for a long time, 'If you're not doing something you're tremendously excited about, and you're not feeling passionate about it, you're compromising yourself every day.'
I've been talking to a lot of young people, especially here in America. I let them know that the people who they're competing with for opportunities live all over the place. They're probably not in your city, state, or country; they are hungry, and they are grinding! Some of the things that a lot of us take for granted, these people don't.
«first‹previous818819820821822823824825826827828next›last»
Total Records : 18788

Related Books

Share to your friends..

Popular Topics

Attitude Death Inspirational Life Love Motivational Nature Positive