Business Principle Quotes

During my time growing a company in the private sector, one of my guiding principles was to meet and hear feedback from as many customers as possible.

Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple.

The buyer is entitled to a bargain. The seller is entitled to a profit. So there is a fine margin in between where the price is right. I have found this to be true to this day whether dealing in paper hats, winter underwear or hotels.

In the English character, the "give and take" policy, the business principle of the trader, is principally inherent.

The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.

There is only one boss. The customer.

The most important adage and the only adage is, the customer comes first, whatever the business, the customer comes first.

Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon

In setting up a business under the name and meaning of the Golden Rule, I was publicly binding myself, in my business relations, to a principle which had been a real and intimate part of my family upbringing. Our idea was to make money and build business through serving the community with fair dealing and honest value.

Today it's fashionable to talk about the New Economy, or the Information Economy, or the Knowledge Economy. But when I think about the imperatives of this market, I view today's economy as the Value Economy. Adding value has become more than just a sound business principle; it is both the common denominator and the competitive edge.

The principle was right there - you couldn't miss it. The more we did for our customers, the more they did for us.

It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.

A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.