Alfred P. Sloan famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Courage #Ambition #Trying
The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Jobs #Real #Creative
Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly opposite-the reason we have so much is simply because we discard things so readily. We replace the old in return for something that will serve us better.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Country #Opposites #Ideas
A car for every purse and purpose.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Car #Purpose #Purses
Take my assets - but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Years #Organization #Assets
There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Economy #Enterprise
Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Diagnosis #Manners #Substitutes
I see no reason why 1931 should not be an extremely good year.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Years #Great Depression #Reason
The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Jobs #Hard Work #Long
The final act of business judgment is intuitive.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Fortune Cookie #Finals #Judgment
The worst is over without a doubt.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Doubt #Worst
Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Loss #Competition #Finals
The business of business is business.
-- Alfred P. Sloan
If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Hero #Heroism #Ends
If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.
-- Alfred P. Sloan

#Agreement #Giving #Decision

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