I’ve collected few quotes of Few Well Known Personalities.
“Lots of people will give you advice, and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.”
-Abigail Johnson, CEO, Fidelty Investments
“One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value.”
-Alice Walton, Chairman, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
“I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I’m not very patient myself. But I think that I’ve learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it’s the right time.”
-Bernard Arnault, CEO, Louis Vuitton
“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
-Bill Gates, Co-Founder, Microsoft
“Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.”
-Carlos Slim Helu, Honorary Chairman, America Movil
“We must measure what leads to results, not simply what is easy to measure.”
-Charles Koch, CEO, Koch Industries
“If you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. If you teach the man to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime.”
-David Koch, Executive VP, Koch Industries
“Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.”
-Gina Rinehart, Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting
“Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.”
-Jack Ma, Founder, Alibaba
“You have to learn to ask questions in a way that will elicit more nuanced answers, rather than the answers you would like to get.”
-Jacqueline Mars, Heiress, Mars Candies
“We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first, invent, and be patient.”
-Jeff Bezos, Founder, Amazon
“I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.”
-Larry Ellison, Founder, Oracle.
“It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.”
-Larry Page, Co-Founder, Google
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk … In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”
-Mark Zuckerberg, Co-Founder, Facebook
“You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.”
-Michael Bloomberg, CEO, Bloomberg
“The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but on significance — and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.”
-Oprah Winfrey, TV Personality
“I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.”
-S Robson Walton, Chairman, WalMart
“Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.”
-Sergey Brin, Co-Founder, Google
“Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders.”
-Steve Ballmer, Former CEO, Miscrosoft
“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”
-Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
*Sorted alphabetically. 🙂
Sources: amarVerma.com