Bruce Henderson Quotes

#1. The objective is to enlarge the scope of your advantage which can only happen at someone else's expense.

Bruce Henderson

#2. For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary

Diana Gabaldon

#3. Our desires, once realized, haunt us again less readily.

Margaret Fuller

#4. Fatal North was being poisoned to death aboard his own vessel and by someone from his hand-picked crew ... a cold-blooded, calculating, pre-meditated murder by a diabolical killer.

Bruce Henderson

#5. Your most dangerous competitors are those that are most like you.

Bruce Henderson

#6. One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire you are still not satisfied. The true antidote of greed is contentment.

Dalai Lama

#7. Reality is like fine wine: it does not appeal to children.

Donald Miller

#8. Stories untold are too often stories lost.

Bruce Henderson

#9. Bullies are just frightened people.

Elizabeth Strout

#10. If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

Tommy Bolin

#11. Next time someone says, 'Where has big government ever gotten us?' the correct answer is 'Mars.'

Andy Borowitz

#12. Any approach to strategy quickly encounters a conflict between corporate objectives and corporate capabilities. Attempting the impossible is not good strategy. It is just a waste of resources.

Bruce Henderson

#13. You know, if we're going to bring down the price of gas, you have to have three things. You have to have a big reserve, you have to have the ability to develop oil out of that reserve quickly, and you have to be able to produce oil at a relatively low cost.

Chris Cannon

#14. The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior.

Bruce Henderson

#15. You think embracing the longing while waiting for the right man is impossible? Well obviously you didn't get the memo.

Osayi Emokpae Lasisi

#16. Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.

Bruce Henderson