Running A Business Quotes

I never wanted to run a production company. I didn't want to convert my life into running a business.... so I always resisted it and kept things simple.

There are three rules for running a business; fortunately, we don't know any of them.

Running a business is not the same as being president of the United States.

Running a business without marketing will kill it.

Running a business is making a difference in people's lives

Whether you are running a business, an industry, or a nation - what is needed are insight, integrity, and inspiration.

There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. The teach the truth by living it.

I think you have to humble yourself before the process of starting and running a business. Only the incredibly fortunate achieve their success quickly. Most people, it takes many many years of incredible hard work, and many periods of severe poverty, and it kind of makes it all the better.

The cost of energy is directly related to the cost of hiring workers and running a business.

I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business. Remember many new businesses do not make it and running a business will be a tough experience, involving long hours and many hard decisions - it helps to have that passion to keep you going.

My number one rule in business, and in life, is to enjoy what you do. Running a business involves long hours and hard decisions; if you don't have the passion to keep you going, your business will more than likely fail. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it.

I think running a business, doing what I've done for the last - since 1996, has taught me so many things because I started from just an idea and then had to figure out how to make it, market it, every single thing from soup to nuts on how to get a product done and out there.

My expertise is running businesses.

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Producing is very much like running a business, where you find the project, you find the different people involved, you put the elements together, and you make sure they all work together well.

When you're an adult designer, you're either running a business or you're helping someone else's business run. Either way, that's a lot of pressure.

Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.

Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign.

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

When you're five years old, and you're running a business that people did not think there was room for... getting attention is not a bad thing. And letting it be known by whatever colorful language is necessary what the facts are is not a bad thing.

I'm not saying all seniors should be running a city or running a business, but I am saying seniors are good for a lot more than simply running a bath, baking cookies or babysitting grandchildren.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

I want a lot of young people to see me in my working environment. I want them to see me being a good person while also running a business. I want young people to aspire to that.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

If you are working or you are running a business you have to set aside time and money to invest in your continued formal education and skills acquisition.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

The first year, I didn't have much capital so I did everything myself. I had to keep my overhead low by learning everything about running a business, from accounting to fixing the gears of my equipment. I really started from scratch.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you can dream it, you can make it so.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.