Quotes by Harold S. Geneen

You can’t run a business or anything else on a theory.

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism it’s egotism.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises – but only performance is reality.

In business, words are words explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.