Business Sphere

All that we are is the result of what we have thought, said the revered philosopher Buddha.

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Indeed, the world is our mental creation, for the reason that the thoughts that we constantly hold in our minds create the conditions by which we manage our life, our business affairs and everyday dealings.

Yesterday I compiled inspirational quotes from great and famous thinkers to give us food for thoughts. These quotes offer advice, while others motivate us, give us new perspectives and encourage us to think, grow and keep going.

Here’s the twelve inspiring quotes that I like and am sharing here.

I.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. – Andrew Carnegie

II.

You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is. – Stephen Covey

III.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. – Colin Powell

IV.

You are surrounded by simple, obvious solutions that can dramatically increase your income, power, influence and success. The problem is, you just don’t see them. – Jay Abraham

V.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. – Henry Ford

VI.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling — Ambrose Bierce

VII.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. – Peter F. Drucker

VIII.

Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless. – Tim Blixseth

IX.

Traditional thinking is all about “what is.” Future thinking will also need to be about “what can be.”—Edward de Bono

X.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two. – Lee Iacocca

XI.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. – Josh Billings

XII.

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place. – Edward de Bono