Quotes of Enterprise - somelinesforyou

“ I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right. ”

- Tony Blair

“ Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity. ”

- William Howard Taft

“ The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ I enjoy being part of the entertainment industry, although I'm the laziest person that I've met yet in this business. ”

- Paul Hogan

“ The only beautiful things are the things that do not concern us. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on. ”

- Richard Branson

“ All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'. ”

- Duke of Wellington

“ When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA. ”

- Condoleezza Rice

“ He sees that this great roundabout The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he? — Caw. ”

- William Cowper

“ I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand… Adventure is a state of mind and spirit. It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death. ”

- Jacqueline Cochran

“ In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith. ”

- Friedrich von Schlegel

“ In accordance with our principles of free enterprise and healthy competition, I'm going to ask you two to fight to the death for it. ”

- Monty Python

“ A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise. ”

- George Steiner

“ Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ”

- Demosthenes

“ I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. ”

- Alexis De Tocqueville

“ In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith. ”

- August Wilhelm Von Schlegel

“ Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. ”

- Publius Cornelius Tacitus

“ Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Business is like war in one respect. If its grand strategy is correct, any number of tactical errors can be made and yet the enterprise proves successful. ”

- General Robert E. Woods

“ Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it. ”

- Cardinal De Richelieu

“ Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ God, Private Enterprise and government have made me what I am, and now they have to take some of the blame. ”

- Joy Baluch

“ He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ I think that in the minds of many, the press is being seen less and less as a neutral observer in the impeachment enterprise and more and more as participants, or even collaborators. ”

- Patrick Buchanan

“ If there were no bad speculations there could be no good investments; if there were no wild ventures there would be no brilliantly successful enterprises. ”

- F. W. Hirst
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