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" So much business is based on the belief that we should do whatever we can within legal limits to make as much money as we can. Ben & Jerry's was based on values, and we try to operate a business that not just sells ice cream but partners with all our stakeholders - whether that's suppliers or customers - to bring about a more sustainable world. "

" One of the challenges in networking is everybody thinks it's making cold calls to strangers. Actually, it's the people who already have strong trust relationships with you, who know you're dedicated, smart, a team player, who can help you. "

Reid Hoffman

People

Strong

Trust

" There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine! "

" If Israel did not exist, the United Nations would go out of business. "

Thom Tillis

Israel

Business

" The phrase 'change the world' is tossed around Silicon Valley conversations and business plans as freely as talk of 'early-stage investing' and 'beta tests.' "

" I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling. "

Nicholas II of Russia

Know

I Am

" If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life. "

" My sports were team sports: ice hockey and baseball. The whole team dynamic is similar in business. Leadership is earned - the captain earns that role; it's not because he's the coach's son. These are all things we know, but in today's world, it's not a bad idea to remind ourselves. "

" I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress. "

" Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems. "

" I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. "

John Cleese

Rather

Find

" For organisations, flexibility is a must to cope with fluctuations in demand and remain competitive, and people must be able to develop adaptable attitudes to quickly embrace evolving business conditions, new business opportunities, and shifting strategies. "

" When President Obama speaks about raising taxes on the rich, he speaks about high-income employees and small business owners, not entrepreneurs who build big businesses. "

" When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves. "

" Don't just do something because it's a trendy idea and will make you a lot of money. The reason I say that is because any kind of venture involves going through difficult times. If you're doing something you are passionate about and really believe in, then that will carry you through. "

" Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business. "

" I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck. "

" I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams. "

" From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people's lives better. "

" No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a process of becoming fully shaped. "

Clayton M. Christensen

Business

Process

New

" Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society. "

" Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. "

" In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete. "

" I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. "

" To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons. "

" Small business people are people with goals and values that can't be calculated on a profit and loss statement. "

" I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company. "

" Content marketing is one of the most effective ways to promote your business online - but only when it's done right. "

" In the real estate business you learn more about people, and you learn more about community issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably than any other profession that I know of. "

" Yeah. I mean, it just seemed to me that it was - I felt so helpless to this business of not having any papers. That seems like a throwback to a schoolboy. "