Business Quotes

I have never left the company. I keep a tiny residual salary to this day because that’s where my loyalty should be forever. I want to be an “employee” on the company data base. I won’t engineer, I’d rather be basically retired, due to my family. (talking about his relationship with Apple Inc)

I think women have proved themselves beyond a shadow of doubt that they are as capable and as confident in delivering results. The “B” word.. babies or biology is a complicated one. Because it doesn’t mean that women can’t do the work, it means that women have a point, a period in their life of maybe.. depending on how many children they have, of 5 to 10 years where they have a lessened amount of availablity. And in many many corporate settings you have to be available for face time in the office and travel. And when you make the choice to have a kid you also make the choice to be not available as much.

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community

When employees and employers, even coworkers, have a commitment to one another, everyone benefits. I have people who have been in business with me for decades. I reward their loyalty to the organization and to me. I know that they’ll always be dedicated to what we’re trying to accomplish.

One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.

I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

My friends thought I was crazy, that I should wait until I was dead. But I was determined. It is easy to promise but action is different.

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

Our most productive investment remains our people. It is through the dedication, skills and initiative of our people that Visy Industries has prospered and will continue to move ahead.

Visy Industries’ past, present and future are linked by a commitment to growth, through meeting our customers’ needs and the wise use and reuse of scarce resources.