Harold Geneen
United States
22 Jan 1910 // 21 Nov 1997
Businessman
22 Jan 1910 // 21 Nov 1997
Businessman
It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises—but only performance is reality.
Managing (1984)
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays