In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.
I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business.
We have an education and business culture that tends to reward quick factual answers over imaginative inquiry. Questioning isn’t encouraged—it is barely tolerated.
For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.
I didn't realize how hard it was to run a small business.
If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.
Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.
I preume there are far too many abortions performed in this country. And I also believe that at the end of the day, as much as I might disapprove, none of them are really any of my business.
You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.
The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.
Some individuals have developed such strong internal standards that they no longer need the opinion of others to judge whether they have performed a task well or not. The ability to give objective feedback to oneself is in fact the mark of the expert.
As unmarried business women we must constantly use our opportunities in business in such a way that we are prepared for the marriage which may be ours tomorrow.
Unfortunately, they develop a fixed mindset that they're the most talented, and they think that continued success is a right. Problems arise because pure talent only works as long as the going is easy. Furthermore, they don't take risks because failure would harm their image of being the best, brightest, and most talented. When they do fail, they deny it or attribute it to anything but their shortcomings.
At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.
Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
No man is great if he thinks he is.
If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble.
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it.