Favorite Business-Building Quotations

We can learn so much from top business leaders and achievers by reading their “quotations.” Here are some of my favorite business-building quotations. You can use these pearls of wisdom to help lead you, cheer you on and motivate you forward.

You have my permission to use them in your newsletters, your blog posts and on Facebook and Twitter. All I ask is that you give credit to the person you are quoting – they deserve your recognition.

Here are few my favorite business-building quotations:

"A resourceful person can see opportunity when others only see obstacles." Garrett Gunderson

"Nothing, not even sheer ability, can make up for the dedication required for a successful business career." Ray Eppert

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you’re doing, you will be successful." Albert Switzer

"Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t want plastered on a billboard with your face on it." Erin Bury

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them." W. Clement Stone

"Giving up is the ultimate tragedy." Robert Donovan, writer

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

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." Jimmy Dean

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." Helen Keller

"Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!" Amanda Bradley

"If you like your work, everyday is a holiday." Frank Tyger

"We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within." Earl Nightingale

"Lost time is never found again." Benjamin Franklin

"Look twice before you leap." Charlotte Bronte

"I only want people around me who can do the impossible." Elizabeth Arden

"Doing more of what doesn't work won't make it work any better." Charles J. Givens

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." Helen Keller

"People who are masters of time organization wear success blinders. They do not look to the left or the right." Paul J. Meyer

"Money is an excellent servant." P.T. Barnum

"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

"Income is derived by what value we can create for others, therefore do what you enjoy, do it the best, and this will allow you to create the most value." Garrett Gunderson



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