Les Wexner Quotes

I don't think most analysts understand that whether I work a 70-hour week or an 80-hour week, I take my head with me when I go home.

In the '70s and '80s, the mentality of America was that everything was disposable. The notion of quality wasn't important.

Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?

Society can't wait. It's sad there are so many entrepreneurs, business successes and venture capitalists who give no thought to society.

Entrepreneurs, guys that start businesses, grow with them. It's more painful than it would appear.

Nobody remembers who was the richest toga salesman in Rome.

As an entrepreneur, you work out solutions.

There is always hopefully a next.

If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you don't have any nose,

If you start painting yourself into a corner, life starts shutting down. There is always hopefully a next.

Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.

I am really proud of the development of the people on my team as they grow in purpose; they like what they see in the mirror.

Everything has a lifecycle. You have to believe it's going to change.

What makes you tick? Why do you care about the things you care about?