J. Willard Marriott Quotes

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.

Entrepreneurs are never satisfied. They want to do things better. They strive for perfection and use all the ingenuity to their command to achieve it.

Communicate. Listen to your customers, associates and competitors.

Take good care of your employees, and they’ll take good care of your customers, and the customers will come back.

See and be seen. Get out of your office, walk around, make yourself visible and accessible.

Celebrate your people’s success, not your own.

It’s more important to hire people with the right qualities than with specific experience.

Great companies are built by people who never stop thinking about ways to improve the business.

Do it and do it now. Err on the side of taking action

I’ve felt that dissatisfaction is the basis of progress. When we become satisfied in business, we become obsolete.

It’s the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class.

No matter how hard you work for your money, there’s always someone out there willing to work twice as hard to take it away from you.