124 Quotes by Charles Koch

To be happy you have to fulfill your nature. That's what Aristotle taught so many centuries ago, that the road to happiness isn't to go drink more or consume more. The road to happiness is to fully develop your abilities, and then apply them to do good.

If you never failed, then you're probably not doing very much.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

Best part of my job is fulfillment. When I see that, that we're creating value, that we're helping improve people's lives, and we benefit from it, so it's a system of mutual benefit. Our philosophy's working. That's what turns me on. That's what keeps me going.

We must measure what leads to results, not simply what is easy to measure.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value,

Business managers don't want to come here because you have a former business manager on the board,

Joe's tremendous leadership throughout his six years as president and chief operating officer gives us confidence he will deliver more of the same at Georgia-Pacific. In Bill's 32 years with Koch, he has done an exemplary job of building our operations excellence capability. I am certain Joe and Bill, along with the outstanding Georgia-Pacific team, will continue Georgia-Pacific's proud tradition.