Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees J. Willard Marriott More Quotes by J. Willard Marriott More Quotes From J. Willard Marriott Take good care of your employees, and they'll take good care of your customers, and the customers will come back. J. Willard Marriott employee care customers 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. J. Willard Marriott details excellence class Motivate them, train them, care about them, and make winners out of them... they'll treat the customers right. And if customers are treated right, they'll come back. J. Willard Marriott care motivation business Great companies are built by people who never stop thinking about ways to improve the business. J. Willard Marriott people way thinking See and be seen. Get out of your office, walk around, make yourself visible and accessible. J. Willard Marriott visible walks office . . . success is a combination of many things, but a good character is the foundation of the kind of success that will bring you real happiness. Choose your friends wisely-they will make or break you. J. Willard Marriott real friendship character Take care of your people and they will take care of your customers. J. Willard Marriott take-care care people It's more important to hire people with the right qualities than with specific experience. J. Willard Marriott quality important people Customer needs may vary, but their bias for quality never does. J. Willard Marriott quality doe needs View the problem as an opportunity to grow. J. Willard Marriott problem views opportunity 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. J. Willard Marriott entrepreneur use perfection Eliminate the cause of a mistake. Don't just clean it up. J. Willard Marriott clean causes mistake 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. J. Willard Marriott away-from-you willing matter Celebrate your people's success, not your own. J. Willard Marriott celebrate success people Communicate. Listen to your customers, associates and competitors. J. Willard Marriott competitors communicate customers No person can get very far in this life on a 40 hour week. J. Willard Marriott this-life hours week A man should keep on being constructive, and do constructive things. He should take part in the things that go on in this wonderful world. He should be someone to be reckoned with. He should live life and make every day count, to the very end. Sometimes it’s tough. But that’s what I’m going to do. J. Willard Marriott live-life goes-on men I've felt that dissatisfaction is the basis of progress. When we become satisfied in business, we become obsolete. J. Willard Marriott obsolete progress satisfied Do it and do it now. Err on the side of taking action J. Willard Marriott taking-action sides action Choose your friends wisely-they will make or break you. J. Willard Marriott make-or-break insightful friendship
