We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

Quote by Jack Welch

Topics: Jack Welch Quotes

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global...

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

I was afraid of it [the internet]... because I couldn't type.

I was afraid of it [the internet]... because I couldn't type.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly...

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate...

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate...

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.