Profit is not the legitimate
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s profitable.
– James Rouse
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- First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights. – Cliff Stearns
- Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. – James Allen
- Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community. – Simon Mainwaring
- “What makes people passionate, pure and simple, is great experiences. If they have great experience with your product [and] they have great experiences with your service, they’re going to be passionate about your brand, they’re going to be committed to it. That’s how you build that kind of commitment.” – Jesse James Garrett
- Without passion, you won’t achieve purpose. Without purpose, you won’t achieve profit. Without profit, you’ll struggle to keep your passion! – John Kearney
- The holy scriptures as well as the local and General Authorities of the Church provide a safety net of counsel and guidance for the people of the Church. – James E. Faust
- Seek the Protection of the Lord of the Universe; His service is truly profitable. Corruption shall not touch you, when you join the Holy Saints and sing the Lord’s Praises. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that’s a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That’s not simple. – Jonathan Ive
- What is the purpose of public service? It’s to solve problems for the people you represent and certainly in the United States Senate, thinking about your state and thinking about your country as well. – Olympia Snowe
- I’ve drunk Amazon’s free Diet Coke. Nothing makes more sense to me than a company trying to make bookselling into a profitable business. I’m not anti-Amazon, and I’m not pro-publishers either. I’m pro-books. – Lev Grossman