I honestly never dreamed at the time that I would one day own the Starbucks and or be in a position where we would have more than 10,000 stores around the world. It has just been an incredible journey for all of us.
HOWARD SCHULTZIt’s one thing to dream, but when the moment is right, you’ve got to be willing to leave what’s familiar and go out to find your own sound.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
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I can’t imagine a day without coffee. I can’t imagine!
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My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.
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Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
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Entrepreneurs must love what they do to such a degree that doing it is worth sacrifice and, at times, pain. But doing anything else, we think, would be unimaginable.
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A great business has to have a conscience. You have to know who you are and who you are not.
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Be bold, but be fair. Don’t give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail.
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The premium single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry.
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Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don’t try to fit the system. If you do what’s expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect.
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Beverages have to be created. And they’re created by looking at what trend is in, say, the fashion industry – what color’s hot right now.
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Great companies are defined by their discipline and their understanding of who they are and who they are not.
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Success is the by-product when you work toward the target.
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In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity or you can pick yourself up and say listen, I have to be responsible for myself.
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The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.
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When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.
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