Quotes
Quotes about Business
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. -Robert L. Payton.
The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.
The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure.
The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -Fr. Alfred D'Souza.
All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.
Nay, 'tis in a manner done already; For many carriages he hath dispatched To the seaside, and put his cause and quarrel To the disposing of the cardinal; With whom yourself, myself, and other lords, If you think meet, this afternoon will post To consummate this business happily.
Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.
To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer.
Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11].
When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.
Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.
The sinews of business (or state).
The devil's in the moon for mischief; they Who call'd her chaste, methinks, began too soon Their nomenclature; there is not a day, The longest, not the twenty-first of June, Sees half the business in a wicked way, On which three single hours of moonshine smile-- And then she looks so modest all the while!
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.
Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true. And that is as important in business as it is in the classroom.
It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.
I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, "Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here."
If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Business more than any other occupation is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.
The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
