THEY SAID WHAT?

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT 2009 IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR BUSINESS. THE GOVERNMENT REPORTS THAT OVER 300,000 PEOPLE ARE PREDICTED TO LOSE THEIR JOBS DURING THE RECESSION.

WITH SO MUCH DOOM AND GLOOM AROUND, IT CAN BE EASY TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHY YOU STARTED YOUR OWN BUSINESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

TAKE SOME INSPIRATION FROM THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE AND DONE IT. AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: ONCE SAID, ‘SUCCESS IS GOING FROM FAILURE TO FAILURE WITHOUT LOSING YOUR ENTHUSIASM.’

‘Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.’- Bill Gates

‘Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.’- Sir Richard Branson

‘I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.’ - Donald Trump

‘I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it’s time America was run like a business.’- Donald Trump

‘I don’t believe in gut feel. Gut feel just tells you that you’ve got indigestion. But I do believe in intuition - and intuition comes from years of experience.’- Sir Tom Farmer

‘A man who dies rich, dies disgraced’ - Sir Tom Hunter

‘Being happy in your job and recognising your dream has always been important to me’. - Michelle Mone

‘If any entrepreneur sets up a business and their driving focus is that they want to be a millionaire, there’s a good chance they’ll fail’. - Willie Haughey

‘I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless.’ - Sir Philip Green

‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’ - Walt Disney

‘Capital isn’t that important in business. Experience isn’t that important. You can get both of these things. What is important is ideas.’- Harvey Firestone - founder of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

‘Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.’ - Thomas Edison

‘A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship.’ - John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil.

‘High expectations are the key to everything.’ - Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart