Business Proverbs
Sayings about Business
Great business is good; to sit and sip this glass is better. ~ Chinese ProverbHe who loves peace, minds his own business. ~ Chinese Proverb
He that is not eager to be pawed in cash is not a businessman. ~ Chinese Proverb
He who does not know what to do in his spare time is not a businessman. ~ Chinese Proverb
When you’re out of luck in the coffin making business, no one dies. ~ Lebanese Proverb
In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, oh, the cheating that goes on. ~ American Proverb
Work is our business; its success is God s. ~ German Proverb
The art of doing business lies more in paying than in buying. ~ Spanish Proverb
You will never know a man till you do business with him.~ Scottish Proverb
There are no old friendships in business. ~ Ukrainian Proverb
Time is the soul of business.~ English Proverb
Do not leave to the morning the business of the evening. ~ Turkish Proverb
No iron is so strong that it cannot be melted down, and no business so dirty that can be fixed with money.~ Chinese Proverb
Tell everybody your business and they will do it for you. ~ Italian Proverb
Trust in God, but mind your own business. ~ Russian Proverb
Advertising is the driving force of business. ~ Russian Proverb
Let every man mind his own business. ~ Spanish Proverb
The person who has never been cheated cannot be a good businessman. ~ Chinese Proverb
To open a business is very easy; to keep it open is very difficult. ~ Chinese Proverb
In business you need two Jews for one Greek, two Greeks for one Syrian and two Syrians for one Armenian. ~ Greek Proverb
He who has no thirst has no business at the fountain. ~ Dutch Proverb
Friendship lasts but for a day, business connections forever. ~ Babylonian Proverb
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. ~ American Proverb
A partner in the business will not put an obstacle to it. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
Dine with a friend but do not do business with him.~ Armenian Proverb
Quotations about Business
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.~ Aaron BurrThe busy have no time for tears.~ Lord Byron
Let’s be honest. There’s not a business anywhere that is without problems. Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing a product or service to other imperfect human beings. ~ Bob Parsons
You are not in business to be popular.~ Kristie Alley
If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.~ Richard Branson
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.~ Andy Warhol
What helps people, helps business.~ Leo Burnett
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.~ James Parton
You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.~ Thomas J. Watson
Business has only two functions, marketing and innovation.~ Peter F. Drucker
Business is more exciting than any game.~ Lord Beaverbrook
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.~ W. Edwards Deming
The success combination in business is: Do what you do better… and: do more of what you do…~ David Joseph Schwartz
A business exists to create a customer. ~ Peter F. Drucker
Leisure for people of business, and business for people of leisure would cure many problems. ~ Author Unknown
When you’re out of quality you’re out of business.~ Author Unknown
In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.~ Owen Felltham
To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.~ John H. Patterson
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.~ Henry Ford
Business is like a wheelbarrow — it stands still until someone pushes it. ~ Author Unknown
What you think of me is none of my business.~ Terry Cole-Whittaker
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people’s ~ Oscar Wilde
Business, that’s easily defined; it’s other people’s money. ~ Alexandre Dumas
If you don’t drive your business you will be driven out of business.~ B.C Forbes
Business was originated to produce happiness, not to pile up millions. ~ B.C. Forbes
Thought, not money, is the real business capital…~ Harvey S. Firestone
It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Drive your business, let not your business drive you.~ Benjamin Franklin
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves. ~ E. Joseph Cossman
Business today consists in persuading crowds. ~ Gerald Stanley Lee
You can’t run a business without taking risks.~ Millard Drexler
Business is a combination of war and sport. ~ André Maurois
Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.~ Ovid
A hard thing about business is minding your own. ~ Author Unknown
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.~ J.Paul Getty
The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.~ Lee Iacocca
If I love you, what business is it of yours? ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without. ~ Author Unknown
Boldness is business is the first, second, and third thing.~ H.G Bohn
It’s better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. ~ Harold S. Geneen
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. ~ Bill Gates
Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.~ Richard Branson