Alfred P. Sloan

"In business, relationships are currency and trust is the exchange rate."

"The most powerful strategy is often the simplest one, executed with absolute precision."

"A corporation's character is revealed not in prosperity, but in how it handles adversity."

"The executive who stops learning stops leading."

"Market dominance is not sustainable; market relevance is."

"The leader must inspire not through fear, but through the clarity of purpose."

"What you tolerate, you encourage; what you reward, you create more of."

"The organization that cannot execute strategy is worse off for having strategy at all."

"Innovation requires the willingness to abandon what made you successful yesterday."

"The measure of an executive is not how much he knows, but how much he learns."

"A company that serves only shareholders will eventually have no shareholders worth serving."

"The future of any organization is determined by the decisions it makes when times are good."

"Market success requires both the ability to see around corners and the humility to admit when you cannot."

"The executive's greatest challenge is not making decisions, but making decisions others will embrace."

"Patience in business is not passivity; it is the strength to wait for the right moment to act decisively."

"An organization is only as ethical as its least supervised employee."

"The company that forgets its founding principles will eventually forget its way."

"What separates leaders from managers is the ability to inspire people toward something greater than themselves."

"The market rewards those who serve it faithfully and punishes those who take it for granted."