I am convinced that most companies don't maximize their barter possibilities. Instead of aggressively reducing costs by trading their services with those of their suppliers, they seem content to pay top dollar for everything.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.

Talk less-you will automatically learn more, hear more, see more-and make fewer blunders.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.