Best Businessman Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I won't just be a fighter and a businessman. I'll be in films and stuff like that.”

“I'm a businessman. Making records is my business. I have a big operation and I employ a lot of people.”

“Since childhood, my mind was wired like that. My mindset was I want to be a businessman.”

“I most definitely respect Jay Z hustle and everything he built. He's a businessman first and I think he respects my hustle.”

“I am not a businessman, I am an artist.”

“My father was a rags-to-riches businessman who came over in the Sixties with no money. On my mother's side, I am the grandson of a High Court judge and celebrated intelligence officer, so it's quite an unusual combination.”

“I'm a businessman, a company man, but I'm no 'yes' man.”

“I think Mr. Trump is a pragmatic man; he is a businessman.”

“'Intrigue: Murder In The Lucky Holiday Hotel' is a podcast put together by the BBC's Carrie Gracie that investigates the story behind the death of British businessman Neil Heywood in the Chinese city of Chongqing in 2011.”

“I think a businessman can be an artist just as much as a writer or a sculptor, so I'm real proud of what the company has become.”

“I wouldn't say I am a businessman.”

“I'm a yogi, not a businessman.”

“I'm a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I'm doing. I don't want to work for other people forever.”

“I'm a businessman, and what I know is numbers and business.”

“I think what's different about Trump is he's a businessman - and he understands economics.”

“He's not a Don King. At all. Dana's a fair person, he's a fair businessman.”

“You need just as much drive to be a good businessman as you do to excel as an athlete.”

“The Kraft family does it in the proper way. They genuinely care about their teams and who is involved with their teams. If you put it in simple terms, Mr Kraft is a great businessman and the guy is in the business of winning.”

“For a businessman like me, smartphones are a lifeline. I use the device to watch promos of my films, songs, and videos. There are days when I end up spending as much as five hours on the phone.”

“Honestly, for me, I'm a businessman but I'm a smart businessman.”

“In Joe Yorio you find a guy who's smarter at business than I am. I'm an entrepreneur and idea guy; he's a professional businessman.”

“I'm not some tycoon and I don't consider myself a businessman.”

“I was a businessman for a long time before I was a celebrity.”

“I feel that one thing that a businessman can learn is do not follow a path that has already been successful. You will never be a path-breaker then.”

“As a businessman, I know that businesses need certainty.”

“We want a faithful Catholic businessman not to have to provide a service he finds unethical.”

“I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.”

“One should not treat investors or a person who has set up an industry and is a successful businessman as criminals in this country. I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.”

“I'm not a businessman. I could pack it in, but I like work. I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson, but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop.”

“I am a guy who is first of all a businessman. I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a daredevil. I'm - I'm an explorer.”

“I don't really think of myself as a businessman at all. That's why I have the 'chief creative officer' role.”

“I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine.”

“My dad was a very conservative Republican businessman, so obviously I considered it a problem when I realized I was a lesbian.”

“I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.”

“I have also just finished three weeks on a soap opera in England. The soap opera is a rather famous one called Crossroads. It was first on television 25 years ago, and it has recently been brought back. I play the part of a businessman called David Wheeler.”

“These days I'm pretty much a businessman.”

“I'm a businessman. I never knew anything about politics. I know what's right, what's wrong and what's working.”

“Every businessman, or every person who has a passion for his work, is torn for the time spent at work and the time spent with your family.”

“As a businessman, you need economic certainty. On the tax policies. You need it on your regulatory policies.”

“Everybody gives Trump an extremely bad rap. He's a businessman, so he is not trying to rub your back and tell you everything is going to be OK. He is going to set standards and, when everything is in chaos, you need someone who is willing to do what needs to be done.”

“Now, I've never hosted a reality TV show, but I know the true mark of a successful businessman is not the number of times you say, 'You're fired.' It's the number times you say, 'You're hired.'”

“A lot of businessman come into football find it difficult. They think because they have more money to throw at it, that will work. Of course money helps but it doesn't guarantee success.”

“I think any smart businessman would go where the money is bigger, but I also feel like you don't forget your roots either.”

“I'm a businessman. I'm a former legislator, and I'm an executive. And I've been very effective in each one of those positions.”

“I think 'G.I. Joe' is a perfect example of how I'm the world's worst businessman. If I were smart, I'd be writing 'World War Z Part 12', but I have to go where the muse leads, and I've always been a huge 'G.I. Joe' fan. I always wanted to know more about these characters, these little plastic figures I played with as a kid.”

“As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately.”

“I'm a New York businessman.”

“Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman.”

“As a businessman, Sunil Shetty is dumb. His image as a 'businessman' is what his partners should have. They deserve all the credit.”

“I'm a daddy and I'm a businessman also.”

“It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.”

“I'm a hard-nosed businessman, that if a company is paying its way, increasing profits for thirty-odd consecutive years, you don't put it into receivership.”

“I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.”

“If I really treated business like a businessman, I wouldn't have done what I have done - opposing China. No businessman in their right mind would do this because you know that there will be repercussions.”

“I want to be known as a great businessman.”

“I'm a businessman, that's all.”

“As a businessman, I learned something that Donald Trump never figured out: It isn't about how many times you yell, 'You're fired,' but instead, how many times you say, 'You're hired.'”

“The businessman gets his name on a door. The star gets his name in lights. They both get their names on a parking space.”

“I'm a businessman not a criminal. I make records and I'm not into that game.”

“My father was a brilliant inventor and businessman. He taught me to appreciate the opportunities that America offers to innovators.”

“I want to be a successful businessman outside of football.”

“I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.”

“I'm still a businessman. But what I do for my primary living and what is my life is music, and that will never change.”

“Training and eating with super precision and determination on top of an already busy schedule as an actor and businessman has been really difficult and I am lucky to have the support of my family, friends and fans.”

“I don't usually make political comments, because I am a businessman, not a politician.”

“I'm not sure I really am an entrepreneur. I'm not much of a businessman. I know I'm not a marketing guy. I do have an entrepreneurial lineage, though.”

“Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.”

“I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It's a terrible thing to do.”

“I wanted to prove that a son of a politician can be a successful businessman.”

“I'm a very conservative businessman. I don't work on credit. My father was the guy who taught me how to think straight, not to delude myself and think I was larger than I was.”

“When I took the entrepreneurship class at Stanford, the first lecture was about an entrepreneur and his personality. They described it as being different than a businessman, who is an overall scientific manager.”

“Donald Trump proved you need a businessman to run things, not just someone who is a career politician. I'm sorry, but to me what do they know?”

“I'm a freestyle creative entrepreneur. Not a businessman. I like to create ventures in which creativity stands at the centre.”

“A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.”

“When I grew up in India, telephones were a rarity. In fact, they were so rare that elected members of Parliament had the right to allocate 15 telephone lines as a favor to those they deemed worthy. If you were lucky enough to be a wealthy businessman or an influential journalist, or a doctor or something, you might have a telephone.”

“Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.”

“A businessman can be as military as any politician.”

“Any businessman will tell you that transportation is fundamental to success.”

“I am a fantastic football manager, not a hard-headed businessman.”

“When you think of Mitch Leigh as a businessman, remember he's also a composer. And when you think of Mitch Leigh as a composer, remember he's also a businessman.”

“I grew up the son of a businessman. And I didn't get into music to be a businessman.”

“Until Donald Trump got to where he was, they said you'll never see a rich businessman who's never been in politics be president. I clearly was wrong about that.”

“I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.”

“If we can put together a Mexican businessman and a U.S. businessman, they will find a way to do more business.”

“I'm a true businessman.”

“I'm not a TV guy. I'm a restaurant chef and a businessman.”

“The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.”

“Trump is a different politician. He was a different businessman. His campaign was different. What you saw in his campaign is what you're going to see in his presidency.”

“If studios don't get their money back, we don't have any movies. So it is important that films are successful, and I am fully supportive of that because I'm not just a director, I'm also not stupid. I've been in this business long enough and, to a certain extent, I'm a businessman; I know the importance of that.”

“And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part.”

“Of course I'm concerned with my craft, but I'm first a businessman. What's wrong with that?”

“My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.”

“But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.”

“I'm a small businessman and I'm well aware of the uncertainties of the economy, exactly what the 'inflationary spiral' means when I'm forced to raise prices to my customers, and how taxes can eat into your earnings.”

“We as voters, have long hoped that we would get a businessman instead of a politician in order to help fix America's problems. Well, I am that businessman.”

“I was never supposed to be a businessman. I was going to change the world. I was going to go back to Latin America and work on agrarian reform and equalize the differences between rich and poor.”

“I am a businessman because I am good at business. But big cats are my first love.”

“My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth.”

“My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.”

“As a scientist and successful businessman, I understand that no one has a monopoly on good ideas.”