|
|
|
| First
published July
04, 2002 |
Revised
and Updated July 07, 2008
|
WELCOME
TO OUR QUOTATIONS PAGE.
WE
ARE GIVING BELOW QUOTATIONS WHICH WILL BE USEFUL FOR OUR
READERS.
GENERAL:
THE
IMPOSSIBLE IS OFTEN THE UNTRIED
--- JIM
GOODWIN
MANY
PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT ROSES HAVE THORNS,
I
AM THANKFUL THAT THORNS HAVE ROSES
--- ANONYMOUS
GROWTH
BEGINS WHEN WE ACCEPT OUR WEAKNESSES--- ANONYMOUS
GOD
GIVES EVERY BIRD ITS FOOD BUT HE DOES NOT
THROW IT INTO ITS
NEST
--- ANONYMOUS
GOD
GIVES YOU THE NUTS, BUT HE DOES NOT CRACK
THEM
--- GERMAN PROVERB
HE
IS WHO IS AFRAID OF ASKING IS AFRAID OF ANSWER--ANONYMOUS
TRUST
OTHERS AND THEY WILL TRUST
YOU --- ANONYMOUS
A
CYNIC KNOWS THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING BUT THE
VALUE OF
NOTHING
--- OSCAR WILDE
YOU
HAVE TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH, USE THEM IN
THAT
PROPORTION
--- ANONYMOUS
PEOPLE
HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY ARE ALL
DIFFERENT
--- ROBERT ZEND
Failure
is the path of least persistence--- Anonymous
Failures
are stepping stones to Success--- Anonymous
The
beginning is the most important part of the work--- Plato
Well
begun is half done--- Anonymous
A
good beginning makes a good ending - English Proverb
If
I have seen further, it is by standing on shoulders of
giants--- Isaac Newton
The
harder I worked, the luckier I got--- Gary Packer
Direction
is more important than speed--- Anonymous
Get
better, before you get bigger--- Anonymous
Loose
lips, sink ships ---- World War II poster
Hope
is a good breakfast, but a bad supper --- Francis Bacon
A
journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step - Chinese
proverb
You
can do anything you want but not everything you want ---
Anonymous
Patience is a
flower that does not grow in everyone's garden---- Anonymous
If you tell the
truth you don't have to remember anything. ----- Mark Twain
The greatest
test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing
heart. ------Robert Green Ingersoll
Whatever you
do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there
is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are
always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe
your critics are right. To map out a course of action and
follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a
soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes
brave men and women to win them.------- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is unwise to
be sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded
that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err -
Mahatma Gandhi
You must not
lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean. If a few drops
of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty -
Mahatma Gandhi
A large vessel
of milk with a drop of poison is of no use - Old Tamil
Proverb
I hate victims
who respect their executioners - Jean Paul Sartre
ON
MONEY:
MONEY
HELPS IF ONLY FOR FINANCIAL REASONS --- WOODY
ALLEN
MONEY
IS BETTER THAN POVERTY, IF ONLY FOR
FINANCIAL
REASONS
--- WOODY ALLEN
WHEN
I WAS YOUNG I THOUGHT THAT MONEY WAS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE; NOW I AM
OLD I
KNOW IT
IS
---OSCAR WILDE
A
CORPSE WILL OPEN ITS MOUTH AT THE MENTION
OF
MONEY
---TAMIL PROVERB
Money
is more persuasive than logical arguments --- Euripides
The cost of
price – The price of value
"There is
hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a
little worse and sell a little cheaper. People who consider
price only are this man’s lawful prey. It is unwise to pay
too much, but it is unwise to pay too little. When you pay
too much, you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay
too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing
you bought is incapable of doing the thing you bought it to
do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a
little and getting a lot. It can’t be done. If you deal
with the lowest bidder, it’s well you add something for
the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough
to pay for something better." – John Ruskin - British
Author & Writer
ON
SUCCESS:
SUCCESS
IS NOT A DESTINATION, IT IS A JOURNEY -- ANONYMOUS
(SOMETIMES ATTRIBUTED TO RICHARD NIXON)
I
DREAD SUCCESS. TO HAVE SUCCEEDED IS TO HAVE
FINISHED ONE'S BUSINESS ON EARTH, LIKE
THE
MALE SPIDER WHO IS KILLED BY THE
FEMALE THE
MOMENT HE HAS SUCCEEDED IN HIS
COURTSHIP. I LIKE
THE STATE OF CONTINUAL BECOMING, WITH
A GOAL IN
FRONT AND NOT
BEHIND
--GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
TO
SUCCEED, JUMP QUICKLY AT OPPORTUNITIES AS YOU DO AT
CONCLUSIONS-- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Nothing
succeeds like success-- Alexander Dumas
Nothing
fails like success--- Richard Pascale
What is success?
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by
a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed
easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success
means getting your "ifs" and "buts" out
of the way --- Anonymous
Success
seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep
moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit---- Conrad
Hilton
To be
successful, you have to have your business in heart----
Thomas Watson Sr.,
The great
dividing line between success and failure can be expressed
in five words: " I did not have time."----
Franklin Field
Try not be
become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of
value---- Albert Einstein
ON
GREED:
THERE
IS A CLASS OF MEN (AND WOMAN) WHO ARE
ALWAYS ON THEIR GUARD
CUNNING
AND TREACHEROUS, SUSPICIOUS-FEELING
SOFTLY-GRASPING HARD
BRAINY,
YET WITHOUT THE COURAGE TO FORSAKE THE
BEATEN TRACK
CAUTIOUSLY
THEY FEEL THEIR WAY BEHIND A BOLDER
SPIRIT'S BACK
THEY
WILL FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS WHILE YOU ARE
GROPING FOR LIGHT;
BUT
THEY WILL RUN TO GET BEFORE YOU WHEN THEY SEE
YOU ARE GOING RIGHT;
AND
THEY WILL TRIP YOU AND BAULK YOU IN THEIR BLIND
AND GREEDY HEAT
LIKE
A STUPID PUP THAT HAS NOT LEARNED TO TRAIL
BEHIND YOUR
FEET
---ANONYMOUS
AT
WORKPLACE:
NEVER
TELL PEOPLE HOW TO DO THINGS. TELL THEM WHAT
TO DO AND THEY WILL SURPRISE YOU WITH THEIR INGENUITY
--- GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
EXECUTIVE
ABILITY IS DECIDING QUICKLY AND GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO DO
THE WORK --- J.G.POLLARD
IF
YOU WANT TO MAKE ENEMIES, TRY TO CHANGE SOMETHING---
WOODROW WILSON
ALL
THINGS ARE DIFFICULT BEFORE THEY ARE EASY ---
JOHN NORLEY
BEATEN
PATHS ARE FOR BEATEN
MEN
--- SIR JOHN LUBBOCK
When
you throw peanuts , you get Monkeys --- Anonymous and
often used in workplace.
Corollary-
Bigger
the pay-packet, you get a bigger Monkey -- MADHAVAN
T.GOPALACHARY
Theory
without Practice is sterile, and Practice without Theory
is futile ------------------------- V.I.LENIN
If
you're looking up at me (the boss) , You've got your ass
pointed at the customer---- Jack Welsh, GE
Trust
or the lack of it is at the root of success or failure in
relationships and in the bottom-line results of
business,industry,education and government---------
Stephen Covey
People
suffer from the same disease as products. They try to be
all things to all people--- Al Ries and Jack Trout in
Positioning: The battle for your mind
A
purchase is not a decision to have an affair but a
decision to get married. This requires a new orientation
and strategy for the would be seller----Tom Peters
THE
DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND
OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING A NEW RESULT---ALBERT EINSTEIN
HE
WHO HESITATES IS LAST----- ANONYMOUS
A
MANAGER ACCOMPLISHES THINGS THROUGH EFFORTS OF OTHERS---
PETER DRUCKER
BEHOLD
THE TURTLE. HE MAKES PROGRESS ONLY WHEN HE STICKS HIS NECK
OUT--- JAMES BRYANT CONANT
DOING
BUSINESS WITHOUT ADVERTISING IS LIKE WINKING AT A GIRL IN
THE DARK. ONLY YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT NOBODY ELSE
DOES-- S.H.BRITT
If
a man can write a better book , preach a better sermon or
make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor , though he
builds his house in the woods the world will make a beaten
path to his door--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
AN
OUNCE OF ACTION IS WORTH A TON OF THEORY--- FREDRICH
ENGELS
YESTERDAY
IS A CANCELLED CHECK; TOMORROW IS A PROMISSORY NOTE; TODAY
IS READY CASH-USE IT--- JOHN D ROCKEFELLER
For
everything you must have a plan--- Napoleon Bonaparte
Unused
talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no
talent at all --- Mark Twain
Nothing
will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be
first overcome-- Samuel Johnson
Business
and cycling are similar. Keep moving or you fall ---
Anonymous
Business
goes where it is invited and stays where it is well
treated --- Anonymous
There
are no bad soldiers, only bad officers--- Napoleon
Bonaparte
our army
consists of mere scums of the earth,. mere scum - lord
horatio nelson
Speak
softly and carry a big stick. You will go far ---- An old
African proverb
The
difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little
bit longer --- US Army Corps of Engineers slogan
Innovate.
If Edison had gone to business school, we would be all
reading by larger candles --- Anonymous
Think
things through - then follow through --- Eddie
Rickenbacker
Anybody
who is any good is different from anybody else --- Justice
Felix Frankfurter
Seek
first to understand than be understood--- Stephen Covey
If
you are an expert, you don't need to be a Winston
Churchill. The audience wants your knowledge, so they
forgive your presentation flaws --- Lily Walters in
Secrets of Successful Speakers.
The
world makes way for the man who knows where he's going-
Ralph Waldo Emerson
To
achieve , peak performers focus on only few things at a
time--- Eugene Garfield
Relationships
determines success--- Philip B. Crosby
Business
is built on the loyal customer, one who comes back and
brings a friend-- W. Edwards Deming
Our
strategic advantage lies in the leverage of knowledge----
Bob Buckman
You
cannot fight against the future. Time is on its side.---
William Ewart Gladstone
Give
us the tools and we will finish the job--- Winston
Churchill
The
objective of a business is to perpetuate itself---- Peter
Drucker
The
objective of a business is to create and keep a
customer---- Charles Revsons
It
is better to make a first class soup than a second class
painting--- Abraham Maslow
Better
makes good worse--- Engineer's saying
The
three most important things you must measure are customer
satisfaction, employee satisfaction and cash flow--- Jack
Welsh
If your system
works well than it's obsolete---- Anonymous
There is no
point in seeing things as they are and asking, why ?
It is better to see things as they could be and ask , why
not ? ----- George Bernard Shaw
The meek shall
inherit the earth but they will never increase market
share--- William McGowan
A pessimist
finds difficulty in every opportunity, the optimist finds
opportunity in every difficulty--- Anonymous
Don't be afraid
of opposition, remember a kite flies against and not with
the wind ---- Anonymous
The person who
takes responsibility usually takes the credit----
Anonymous
A man/
business without a purpose is like a ship without a
rudder---- Anonymous
The only people
without problems are those in cemeteries----- Anonymous
Don't be
discouraged, it's often the last key in the bunch that
opens the lock----- Anonymous
Probable
impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable
possibilities--- Aristotle
You
can get anything you want , if you first help other people
get what they want---- Zig Ziegler
Some
people make the future; most wait for the future to make
them.------ Anonymous
Customers
don't want their money back; they want a product that
works properly---- Dan Burton in Fortune magazine
A pint of sweat
will save a gallon of blood---- General George S Patton
The quality of
an individual is reflected in the standards they set for
themselves----- Ray Kroc founder of Macdonald's Chain of
Restaurants
Output,Quality.Time,Cost
and Profit. These are the five unforgiving measures of
managerial excellence---- Lester R Bittell
Try not to work
for a person, who has more problems than you do-----
Anonymous
In business it
is always easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of
trouble---- Anonymous
Keeping up is
always easier than catching up----- Anonymous
In business, as
in forest fires, big problems always start out small-----
Anonymous
If the end
brings me out all right, what is said against me won't
amount to
anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten
angels swearing I was right would make no
difference." - Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865).
Anyone can
win, unless there happens to be a second entry. - Ade's
law
You can
always get more of what you don't need including poverty.
- Rogin's Rule
In an
hierarchy, accomplishment is inversely proportional to its
height - Dr. Laurence J Peter
The way to
avoid mistakes is to gain experience. The way to gain
experience is to make mistakes. - Peter's Competence
Principle
When the
foundation of a pyramid erodes, the top can still be
supported on nothing but money - Peter's Levitation
Principle
Either super
competence or super incompetence may be offensive to an
establishment - Peter's Evaluation Principle
Even a
thought, even a possibility, can transform us - Fredrich
Nietzsche - German Philosopher
It is not the
strongest of the species that survives, not the most
intelligent, but the most responsive to change - Charles
Darwin - Naturalist
Honest
disagreement is a sign of progress - Mahatma Gandhi
Only people
who do not work, make no mistakes - Madhavan T
Gopalachary
Even
Elephants can slip - Tamil Proverb translated into English
Changing the
apex of the Pyramid does not change the situation. The
base has to be solid, as otherwise the apex will keep
changing - Madhavan T Gopalachary
Best Officers
are the best Soldiers who get promoted. You cannot be a
good officer, if you have not been a good soldier -
Madhavan T Gopalachary
He who fears
being conquered is sure of defeat - Napoleon Bonaparte
The
views, opinions and interpretations are personal.
Sponsorship does not mean that the sponsors endorse them.
Editorial
Policy
©
Copyright, Jul-08
. www.madgopes.com .
Without prejudice. All rights reserved
www.mmgindia.com
is the official website of Madras Management Group,
Chennai, India. www.madgopes.com and www.mmg.name
are personal websites and all editorials are published under
their banner to retain editorial independence. We would
highly appreciate feedback
from readers and it may be sent to feedback@mmg.name
|
