Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.
Interpretation
Hard work and industry are essential for any successful business and contribute to overall prosperity.
In this quote, Charles Dickens emphasizes that diligence and industriousness are fundamental to the success of businesses. Without the effort and dedication of individuals, businesses cannot thrive, and the collective prosperity of society depends on the industrious nature of its workforce.
In practice
This quote can inspire entrepreneurs at a business conference.
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for anything I knew), all the dead people came out of the ground and sat at the heads of their own graves till morning.
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
One of my business partners would remind me that no fashion line lasts forever, that we would hit the down curve eventually, and that we needed to look for new brands that complement the first one.
I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I'm selling spaghetti sauce (with Newman's Own), I begin to understand the romance of business.. the allure of being the biggest fish in the pond and the juice you get from beating out your competitors.
I see business as an ecosystem.
Business is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business
Almost all decisions based on cost accounting are utterly wrong.
Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.
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