Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.