Use Business Quotes to Learn Business Strategy

This is a collection of evergreen quotes by famous poets and authors of earlier centuries. Though they were not intended to be business quotes, I have interpreted them in new light to see what business management principles can be learned from them.

Articles & Resources Sort By: Guide Picks | Alphabetical | Recent Up a category A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe... I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures... And hence one master-passion in the breast, Like Aaron’s serpent... But how can he expect that others should, Build for him, sow for... But how carve way i’ the life that lies before, If bent on groaning... 27 more Articles & Resources below

Articles & Resources more from your guide It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is... Jove strikes the Titans down, Not when they set about their... Sir Amice Pawlet, when he saw too much haste made in any matter... The paths to the house I seek to make, But leave to those to come... The sad rhyme of the men who proudly clung, To their first fault... Those oft are stratagems which errors seem, Nor is it Homer nods... Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who... All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to ... And he is oft the wisest man, Who is not wise at all. It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river. Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day. The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that... The man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do. The silent organ loudest chants, The master’s requiem. Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near... Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop, Than when we soar. Achilles absent was Achilles still. And what he greatly thought, he nobly dar’d. Every hero becomes a bore at last. Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive. Hear ye not the hum, Of mighty workings? Hitch your wagon to a star. In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. Little strokes fell great oaks. Plough deep while sluggards sleep.