Start-up's

If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney (1901-1966)

Always remember that this whole Walt Disney (1901-1966)

thing was started by a mouse.
When two men in business always William Wrigley, Jr. (1861-1932)
agree, one of them is unnecessary.
Business? That’s very simple: it’s Alexandre Dumas (1824-1895)
other people’s money.
Management’s job is to see the John W. Teets (1933- )
company not as it is...but as it can become.
The future belongs to those who believe Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
in the beauty of their dreams.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
forward. They may be beaten, but they
may start a winning game.
Genius begins great works, labor alone Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)
finishes them.
Every accomplishment starts with the Anonymous
decision to try.
Great ideas need landing gear as well C.D. Jackson (1902-1964)
as wings.
No one regards what is before his feet; Quintus Ennius (239-169 B.C.)
we all gaze at the stars.
Before you can score, you must first Anonymous
have a goal.
Start by doing what is necessary, St. Francis of Assisi (1182? – 1226)
then do what is possible, and suddenly
you are doing the impossible.

Finanzen
In God we trust – all others pay cash. American business saying
In skating over thin ice, our safety is Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
in our speed..
There is no useful rule without an exception. Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)
It’s possible to own too much. A man Lee Segall (1905- )
with one watch knows what time it is;
a man with two watches is never quite sure..
To err is human, but it is against company Anonymous
policy.

Organisation
Our team is well balanced. Tommy Prothro (1941- )
We have problems everywhere.
Successes have many fathers, Philip Caldwell (1920- )
failures have none.
The longer the title, the less important the George McGovern (1922- )
job.
The surest way for an executive to kill James Cash Penney (1875-1971)
himself is to refuse to learn how, and when,
and to whom to delegate work.
The world is divided into people who do Dwight Morrow (1873-1931)
things – and people who get the credit.
The prize of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Nothing is paticularily hard if you divide Henry Ford (1863-1947)
it into small jobs.
No grand idea was ever born in a F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
conference,
but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

Arbeit
The person who knows how will always Diane Ravitch (1938- )
have
a job. The person who knows why will
always be his boss.
Treat people as if they were what they Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
ought
to be and you help them to become what
they are capable of being.
Treat people as if they were what they Stanley J. Randall (1908- )
ought
to be and you help them to become what
they are capable of being.
A résumé is a balance sheet without any Robert Half (1918- )
liabilities.
Never hire someone who knows less than Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990)
you do about what he’s hired to do.
The only place where success comes before Vidal Sassoon (1928- )
work is in the dictionary.
The world is full of willing people, some Robert Frost (1874-1963)
willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
The question is: What are we busy about?
If you want work well done, select a busy Elbert Hubbert (1856-1915)
man;
the other kind has no time.
Robinson Crusoe started the 40-hour-week. Leopold Fetchner (1916- )

He had all the work done by Friday.

Wettbewerb
When elephants fight, only the grass gets Swahili proverb
hurt.
The hardest thing is to take less when you Frank Mc Kinney Hubbard (1868-1930)
can get more.
The man who is swimming against the Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
stream knows the strength of it.
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
kitchen.
In business, the competition will bite you William Knudsen Jr. (1925- )
if you keep running; if you stand still,
they will swallow you.
Live together like brothers and do business Arabic proverb
like strangers..
You can discover what your enemy fears Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
most by observing the means he uses to
frighten them.
What counts is not necessarily the size of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the
fight
in the dog.
If winning isn’t important, why do they Adolph Rupp (1901-1977)
keep
score?
Say no, then negotiate Anonymous
The minute you start talking about what George P. Schultz (1920- )
you’re going to do if you lose, you have
lost.
All you need in this life is ignorance and Mark Twain (1835-1910)
confidence, and then success is sure.
Success is that old ABC – ability, breaks, Charles Luckman (1909- )
and courage.
To succeed in business it is necessary to John H. Patterson (1844-1922)
make others see things as you see them.
Ability is nothing without opportunity. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes, Anonymous
fools by their own.

Risiko
You can only become a winner if you are Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986)
willing to walk over the edge.
No one tests the depth of a river with both Ashanti proverb
feet.
There are one hundred men seeking security Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976)

to one able man who is willing to risk his

fortune.
It is easy to be brave when far away from Aesop (620-560 B.C.)
danger.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is Elbert G. Hubbard (1856-1915)
to be continually fearing you will make one.
The man who insists upon seeing with Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881)
perfect
clearness before he decides, never decides.
Accept life and you must accept regret.
To win you have to risk loss.. Jean-Claude Killy (1943- )

Produktion
Competition brings out the best in products David Sarnoff (1891-1971)
and the worst in people.
Seek simplicity and distrust it. Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
It is not the employer who pays wages. He Henry Ford (1863-1947)
only handles with money. It is the product
that pays wages and it is the management
that arranges the production so that the
product may pay the wages.
You can hype questionnable product for a Victor Kiam (1926- )
little while, but you’ll never build an
enduring business.
Large increases in cost with questionnable William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
increases in performance can be tolerated
only for race horses and fancy women.
The most popular labor-saving device today Joey Adams (1911- )
is still a husband with money.

Qualität
The secret of joy in work is contained in Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
oneword: excellence. To know how to
dosomething well is to enjoy it.
Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains Philip D. Armour (1832-1901)
to make a better article.
People forget how fast you did a job – but Howard W. Newton (1903-1951)
they remember how well you did it.

Kreativität
The real voyage of discovery consists not in Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
making new landscapes but in having new
eyes.
It is better to light a candle than to curse the Chinese proverb
darkness.
In order to compose, all you need is to Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
remember a tune that nobody else has
thought
of.
Name the greatest of all inventors. Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Accident.
Imagination is more important than Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
knowledge.
Every act of creation is first of all an act of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
destruction.
To think is to act. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Creative minds always have been known to Anna Freud (1895-1982)

survive any kinds of bad training.
One has to look out for engineers – they Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974)
begin with sewing machines and end up
with the atomic bomb.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
to remain an artist once he grows up.
A person who walks in another’s tracks
leaves no footprints.
When business is good, it pays to advertise; Anonymous
when business is bad, you’ve got to
advertise.

Englische Zitate - Zeit

Someday is not a day of the week. Anonymous
The secret of getting ahead is getting Mark Twain (1835-1910)
started. The secret of getting started is
breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks
into small manageable tasks, and then
starting on the first one.
It isn’t over till it’s over. Yogi Berra (1925- )
Remember that time is money. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Half the agony of living is waiting. Alexander Rose (1901- )
Those who make the worst use of their time Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696)
are the first to complain of its bevity.
There is time for work. And time for love. Coco Chanel (1883-1971)
That leaves no other time.
Effective managers live in the present – but James L. Hayes (1895-1971)
concentrate on the future.
People count up the faults of those who French proverb
keep them waiting.
Don’t wait for your ship to come in; swim Anonymous
out to it.
It is better to begin in the evening than not English proverb
at all.
You can’t escape the responsibility of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
tomorrow by evading it today.
The fox that waited for the chickens to fall Greek proverb
off their perch died of hunger.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the Spanish proverb
week.

Planung
No plan can prevent a stupid person from Charles E. Wilson (1890-1961)
doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at
the wrong time – but a good plan should
keep a concentration from forming.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
is shining.
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it’s H.R. Haldemann (1926- )
hard to get it back in.
No river is shallow to a man who can’t Richard Boone (1899-1973)
swim.
Luck sometimes visits a fool, but never sits German proverb
down with him.
The mouse that has but one hole is quickly George Herbert (1593-1633)
taken.
Expect the worst and your surprises will Louis E. Boone (1941- )
always be pleasant ones.
You only live once, but if you work it right, Joe E. Lewis (1902-1971)
once is enough.
Plans are nothing; Planning is everything. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
It is a bad plan that admits of no Pubililius Syrus (1st century B.C.)
modification.
There is nothing so useless as doing Peter Drucker (1909- )
effectively that which should not be done at
all.
Life is what happens while you are making John Lennon (1940-1980)
other plans.
We have to face the difficult challenge of John L. Chambers (1951- )
changing when things are going well.
It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark. Howard Ruff (1930- )
Don’t worry because a rival imitates you. Anonymous
As long as he follows in your track he
cannot overtake you.
Some people are making such thoroughly William Feather (1889-1981)
preparation for rainy days that they aren’t
enjoying today’s sunshine.

Führung
Leadership appears to be the art of getting Vance Packard (1914-1996)
others to want to do something you are
convinced should be done.
If two people ride the same horse, one must Anonymous
ride behind.
Soldiers win battles and generals get the Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
credit.
It’s the price of leadership to do the thing Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973)
you believe has to be done at the time it
must be done.
Managers are people who do things right, Warren G. Bennis (1925- ) & Burt Nanus (1936- )
and leaders are people who do the right
thing.
Leadership, like swimming, cannot be Henry Mintzberg (1939- )
learned by reading about it.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
man is King.
The buck stops with the guy who signs the Rupert Murdoch (1931- )
checks.
True leadership must be for the benefit of Robert Townsend (1920-1998)
the followers, not the enrichment of the
leaders.
In America, anyone can become president. Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965)
That’s one of the risks you take.
Great men are meteors designed to burn so Napoelon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
that earth may be lighted.
If an individual wants to be a leader and Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
isn’t controversial, that means he never
stood for anything.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Johann Wolfang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Willing is not enough; we must do.
There are no bad soldiers under a good Anonymous
general.
To lead the people , walk behind them. Lao-tzu (6th century B.C.)
In calm water every ship has a good captain. Swedish proverb
Power is not revealed by striking hard or Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850)
often, but by striking true.
If thou art a master, be sometimes blind: if a Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
servant, sometimes deaf.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a Ralph Lauren (1939- )
dream can be achieved. He inspires the
power and energy to get it done.
The leader must know, must know that he Clarence B. Randall (1891-1967)
knows and must be able to make it
abundantly clear to those around him that he
knows.
It is much more secure to be feared than to Niccolò Mchiavelli (1469-1527)
be loved.
The top people of the biggest companies Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990)
are, surprisingly, often the nicest ones in
their company, I’m not sure, though, if they
got there because they were good guys or
that they’re now good guys because they
can afford to be.

Anerkennung
What people say behind your back is your Ed Howe (1853-1937)
standing in the community.
Loneliness and the feeling of being Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
to anybody.
The deepest principle in human nature is the Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990)
crving to be appreciated.
The two things that people want more than Mary Kay Ash (1915- )
sex or money are recognition and praise.