49 Quotes by Harold Geneen

The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability to 'smell' a 'real fact' from all others.

Management must have a purpose, a dedication and that dedication must have an emotional commitment. It must be built in as a vital part of the personality of anyone who truly is a manager.

The professional's grasp of the numbers is a measure of the control he has over the events that the figures represent.

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

When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.

Ninety-nine percent of all surprises in business are negative.

Business is many things, the least of which is the balance sheet. It is a fluid, ever changing, living thing, sometimes building to great peaks, sometimes falling to crumbled lumps.

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