49 Quotes by Harold Geneen

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness -- It's growth -- mental, financial, you name it.

If you keep working you'll last longer and I just want to keep vertical. I'd hate to spend the rest of my life trying to outwit an 18-inch fish.

Better a good decision quickly than the best decision too late.

What you manage in business is people

It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away

Management must manage!

In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest.

In a good meeting there is a momentum that comes from the spontaneous exchange of fresh ideas and produces extraordinary results. That momentum depends on the freedom permitted the participants.