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Business quotes can be found all over the Internet.  Some of these have no attribution.

"Don't expect any magical cures for your company's problems . . .  there aren't any". 

"Those who cut prices in an attempt to gather market share deserve the Chinese Water Torture."  (and often get it, too)

"The proper way to increase market share is to produce a superior product."

"No incentive is better than an red-hot poker directed towards the rear end."

" . . . if your product doesn't run as fast, or glue as well, or hold the dye as good as your competitor's, there will be no repeat orders."

"Never tell me the odds!"  - Han Solo (from the movie Star Wars)

"Try not!  Do or do not . . . there is no try."  - Yoda (from the movie Star Wars)

"The line between cutting costs and cutting quality can be as thin as a razor's edge.  If you are not careful, some of the cost cutting measures may reduce the quality attributes of the product and adversely affect sales."

"There are four factors in sales support: inside sales, quality of product, on-time delivery and after-sale service . . . you can increase sales at least 5% - 10% if you are known in the industry as an on-time supplier, even in emergencies."

"Every penny you save by not doing something over again, falls directly to the bottom line."     - Phil Crosby, quality guru

"Owning your own business is as highly overrated as natural childbirth."  - Bill Cosby

"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year."  - John Foster Dulles

"Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000.  No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him.  Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?"  - Thomas J. Watson

"When you own your own business, you only have to work half a day. You can do anything you want with the other twelve hours."

"Lead, follow or get out of the way" - Ted Turner

"Fine - a tax for doing wrong.  Tax - a fine for doing fine."

"We as consumers will not tolerate a poor product or service.  Then why do we allow and in fact manage and lead a business that allows less then tolerable product or service to exist?" - Jonathan J. Salomon

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."  - Warren Buffet

"If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?"  - Linda Ellerbee

"Hire teenagers . . . while they still know everything."

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."    - Thomas Edison

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."  - John Lennon

"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved."  - William Jennings Bryan

"If you think your boss is stupid remember; you wouldn't have a job if he was smarter."
  - Albert Grant.

"The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss."  - Diane Ravitch

"If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting."  - Stephen R. Covey

"Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff."  - Dr. Richard Carlson

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."           - Theodore Roosevelt

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."  - Henry Ford