Success in business is a journey paved with hard work, determination, simplicity, integrity, and the power of collaboration. We've gathered 50 quotes from renowned thinkers, leaders, and visionaries and grouped them under our own business company values.
These quotes offer inspiration and wisdom for business owners who strive for business success every day. We hope these words motivate you to keep pushing forward, no matter the challenges, and fuel your day with renewed energy.
Do the right thing
Integrity is the cornerstone of success in business. Embracing honesty and transparency builds trust and fosters long-term relationships and success. By making ethical decisions, you will ensure the best outcomes for your business and everyone involved - clients, partners and employees.
- "The time is always right to do what is right." – Martin Luther King Jr.
- "Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching." – C.S. Lewis
- "Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not." – Oprah Winfrey
- "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." – John Ruskin
- "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." – Thomas Jefferson
- "The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." – Norman Schwarzkopf
- "In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you." – Warren Buffett
- "It's not hard to make decisions once you know what your values are." – Roy E. Disney
- "Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- "People of character do the right thing even if no one else does, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world." – Michael Josephson
Future positive
Believing in a brighter future inspires actions that contribute to long-term growth and success. A positive mindset and responsible practices help pave the way for sustainable success.
Believing in a brighter future inspires actions that contribute to long-term growth and success. A positive mindset and responsible practices help pave the way for sustainable success.
- "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." – Eleanor Roosevelt
- "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." – Alan Kay
- "The future starts today, not tomorrow." – Pope John Paul II
- "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." – Arthur C. Clarke
- "The future depends on what you do today." – Mahatma Gandhi
- "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." – Helen Keller
- "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." – Mahatma Gandhi
- "The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on." – Barack Obama
- "The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create." – Leonard I. Sweet
- "Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future." – Charles Kettering
Better together
Collaboration and teamwork are essential for overcoming the many challenges that present themselves when running a business. Building strong, supportive relationships within and outside the organisation fosters a sense of unity and shared purpose. Together, we can achieve more than we ever could alone.
- "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller
- "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." – Henry Ford
- "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." – Henry Ford
- "The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." – Phil Jackson
- "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." – Michael Jordan
- "None of us is as smart as all of us." – Ken Blanchard
- "It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed." – Napoleon Hill
- "Teamwork makes the dream work." – John C. Maxwell
- "Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people." – Steve Jobs
- "Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean." – Ryunosuke Satoro
Keep it simple
Clarity and simplicity are vital for making effective decisions and taking meaningful actions. When faced with complex processes, breaking them into manageable steps will help ensure that your business goals remain achievable. Also, a straightforward approach allows for better focus and execution.
- "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." – Leonardo da Vinci
- "The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity." – Douglas Horton
- "The greatest ideas are the simplest." – William Golding
- "Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance." – Coco Chanel
- "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." – Albert Einstein
- "Simplicity is the glory of expression." – Walt Whitman
- "Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify." – Henry David Thoreau
- "Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest." – Leo Babauta
- "There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth." – Leo Tolstoy
- "Keep it simple, stupid." – Kelly Johnson
Always determined
Relentless determination and perseverance are key to overcoming obstacles and driving change. A strong will to succeed, coupled with consistent effort, helps push past doubts and setbacks. Determination fuels progress and leads to the realisation of ambitious goals.
- "The only limit to our realisation of tomorrow is our doubts of today." – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- "Determination is the wake-up call to the human will." – Anthony Robbins
- "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination." – Tommy Lasorda
- "Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough." – Og Mandino
- "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." – Malcolm X
- "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." – Margaret Thatcher
- "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." – Confucius
- "The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something." – Barack Obama
- "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other." – Walter Elliot
- "Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." – Aisha Tyler
For more about our values and how we integrate them into our work, visit our About Us page.
