If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
—John D. Rockefeller
Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.
—James Cash Penny
To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.
—Aristotle Onassis
The goal is to win. It’s not about making money. I have many much less risky ways of making money than this (buying Chelsea football club). I don’t want to throw my money away, but it’s really about having fun and that means success and trophies.
—Roman Abramovich
Having an aim is the key to achieving your best.
—Henry J. Kaiser
The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money—then make money with money—then make lots of money with lots of money.
—Paul Erdman
The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.
—Lee Iococca
Take the pains required to become what you want to become, or you might end up becoming something you’d rather not be. That is also a daily discipline and worth considering.
—Donald Trump
It is better to aim at perfection and miss it than to aim at imperfection and hit it.
—Thomas Watson
Basically, our goal is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful.
—Larry Page
The main object in view is to train young men to useful trades and occupations, so that they can earn their own livelihood.
—Milton Hershey
A company that feels it has reached its goal will quickly stagnate and lose its vitality.
—Ingvar Kamprad
What matters is where you want to go. Focus in the right direction!
—Donald Trump
Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers.
—Michael Dell
We wanted Nike to be the world’s best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don’t end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.
—Philip Knight
The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you’re going to hunt elephants, don’t get off the trail for a rabbit.
—T. Boone Pickens
A corporation’s primary goal is to make money. Government’s primary
role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
—Larry Ellison