Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell.

Most employees do not give their best, either because they are underpaid, or because to do that would be to be underpaid.

The fear of being poor or broke is a blessing, if you are a successful entrepreneur; but is a curse, if you want to be an entrepreneur.

Very few things make a fool feel smart better than negotiating.

Life curses some poor people with the love of luxury, while it blesses some with the very same thing.

For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human beings, because they—unlike all companies—have the means of reproduction.

Failing can ultimately be way more rewarding than succeeding.

In business, wrong location leads to suffocation.

We reduce the price of a product when we lack the skills, money, or patience to greatly increase the number of people who know about the product.