Quotes from Howard Schultz

When you're in a hole, quit digging!

So when some refer to Starbucks' coffee as an affordable luxury, I think to myself, Maybe so. But more accurate, I like to think, is that the starbucks experience - personal connection- is an affordable necessity. We are all hungry for community.

After the storm, many citizens left New Orleans to live elsewhere, but those who stayed were determined to rebuild. They loved their city.

When you give up,' said a slim older man whose home we rebuilt, 'you might as well lay down and die.' It was obvious that we weren't just giving people back their homes, but also restoring a sense of dignity.

when we love something, emotion often drives our actions.

Be bold, but be fair. Don't give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail

And with the right mentor, don't be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don't know what you don't know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you'll be surprised how much others will help.

All great companies have passed through bad years that forced soul-searching and rethinking of priorities. How we deal with them will be the litmus test.

This is not his job, I thought, it's his passion.

Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can't tell you whether someone will fit into a company's culture.

At Starbucks 0 as in any business, in any life - there are so many hectic moments during the day when we are simply trying to do the job, trying to put out the fires, trying to solve any number of small problems, that we often lose sight of what it is we're really here to do.

The world belongs to the few people who are not afraid to get their hands dirty." I

Infusing work with purpose and meaning, however, is a two-way street. Yes, love what you do, but your company should love you back.

But my story is as much one of perseverance and drive as it is of talent and luck. I willed it to happen. I took my life in my hands, learned from anyone I could, grabbed what opportunity I could, and molded my success step by step. Fear of failure drove me at first, but as I tackled each challenge, my anxiety was replaced by a growing sense of optimism. Once you overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, other hurdles become less daunting.

Many of us spent time talking with the men and women who had lived through Katrina, and we heard stories of not only individual sacrifice and loss, but also of neighbors taking care of neighbors. The power of community was so evident in New Orleans.

Just. Plain. [Fu*king.] Grilled. Swordfish.

Large or small, our actions forge our futures, hopefully inspiring others along the way.

I've said often that every enterprise and organization has a memory. And those memories create a path for people to follow.

I can be a bit romantic about history, but I'm also pragmatic about the present. America cannot, of course, have open borders. We need a clear, sustainable immigration policy, one that better manages the flow of people who do not pose a threat and can contribute to our economy and culture. Immigration laws can be sensible without extinguishing the idea that brought so many here and compels so many to stay.

History shows that silence is unforgivable, for it gives bigotry license. And when meek words masquerade as moral courage, they are perceived as indifference and give the worst of human nature permission to flourish.

Her tecrübe sizi bir sonrakine haz?rlar. Bir sonrakinin ne olaca??n? hiç bilemezsiniz.

The point of a coffee store was not just to teach customers about fine coffee but to show them how to enjoy it.

Starbucks has always been about so much more than coffee. But without great coffee, we have no reason to exist.

One of the terrible tragedies, for me, was the fact that my father passed away before he could witness what I achieved.