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 SCHULTZWe have no patent on anything we do and anything we do can be copied by anyone else. But you can’t copy the heart and the soul and the conscience of the company.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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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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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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Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
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At its core, I believe leadership is about instilling confidence in others.
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Who wants a dream that’s near-fetched?
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Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can’t cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity.
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It’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.
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In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.
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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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Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
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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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This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
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Work should be personal. For all of us. Not just for the artist and entrepreneur. Work should have meaning for the accountant, the construction worker, the technologist, the manager and the clerk.
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You cant build any kind of organization if you’re not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.
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Sometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of.
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