One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.

Luck never built a business. Prosperity and growth come only to the business that systematically finds and exploits its potential.

It is commonly believed that innovations create changes - but few ever do. Successful innovations exploit changes that have already happened.

As a rule we perceive what we expect to perceive... The unexpected is usually not received at all.

Profit is not the explanation, cause, or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but the test of their validity.

Every three or four years I pick a new subject. It may be Japanese art; it may be economics. Three years of study are by no means enough to master a subject but they are enough to understand it. SO for more than 60 years I have kept studying one subject at a time.

Results is all that separates one company from another.