Les Wexner Quotes

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

Nobody remembers who was the richest toga salesman in Rome.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Sometimes I wish I lived more in the day, but I'm happier thinking about tomorrow or the day after. The way I see it, there's always a new or next thing.

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.

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

There is always hopefully a next.

I was single for most of my life. The best thing that happened to me is my wife. I've got four kids. All of them go to Harvard. Much better than their dad. They're really bright kids.

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

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

As an entrepreneur, you work out solutions.

You’re not going to be a 1.000 hitter all the time. You’re going to be more wrong than right. You just have to correct your errors as quickly, as economically, as possible.