Quote#Happiness
Real success in business is to be found in achievements comparable…
Quote byLouis Brandeis · 1856–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Business — The New Profession", La Follette's Weekly Magazine, Volume 4, No. 47 (November 23, 1912), p. 7..
English (original)
Real success in business is to be found in achievements comparable rather with those of the artist or the scientist, of the inventor or statesman. And the joys sought in the profession of business must be like their joys and not the mere vulgar satisfaction which is experienced in the acquisition of money, in the exercise of power or in the frivolous pleasure of mere winning.
— Louis Brandeis
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