Tom Monaghan Quotes Page 2

“If I lost my health, I’d give every penny I had to get it back, and I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t.”

“If it is to be, it is up to me.”

“If something is messed up, I believe in taking corrective action immediately. But I want to be certain it is messed up. It may just seem messed up to some people because it isn’t being done according to the textbook.”

“If we add a second store two or three miles from the first one, business at the first store always improves.”

“If you are nice to other people, they’ll be nice to you.”

“If you only listen to people who like your product, of course you’re going to hear good things about it.”

“If you’ve chosen the career that’s right for you, it will give your life a feeling of purpose; you’ll love it. And if you love your work, it will be fun.”

“It isn’t enough to know what you want: You have to make sure that the people who can get it for you know you want it.”

“Life is too precious to be wasted in doing work you don’t love.”

“My most visible accomplishment in life has been the building of Domino’s Pizza from a single store into the world’s largest pizza delivery company.”

“My philosophy of management is to let my executives do their job their way.”

“My purpose was clear, and the knowledge that the future success – or failure – of the business rested on my shoulders alone was welcome.”

“No matter what an individual decides to become, hard work and determination is very important in today's competitive world.”

“Sometimes I would drive to a competitor’s store and just sit there in the car for several hours watching what they were doing. I’d try to estimate how much business they had and think about what they might do to be more successful, which in turn would tell me things we might do to make Domino’s more successful.”

“Success was merely a matter of time and effort.”

“Synergism is when two plus two equals five.”

“The best way to find things out is by asking questions. One of the most important words in the English language is 'why'.”

“The biggest little thing you can do is simply be nice to people.”

“There must be a better reason for expansion than simply addition of another store and more income. Stores need to complement each other.”

“Though my status was lowly, I could build empires in my mind and imagine myself as wealthy and successful.”

“To be big leaves no room for pettiness.”

“We enrich ourselves most in life when we give ourselves most fully and freely.”

“When I came to a big fork in the road back in 1960, I chose the path that led to the pizza business instead of architecture.”

“When you tell someone else what your goal is, it gives you reinforcement, added incentive to accomplish it.”

“You always get negative reactions. If you worry about that, you would never do anything.”

“You don’t get what you expect unless you inspect.”

“You may also encounter hardships along the way, but you must not get discouraged and you push on in order to fulfill your goals.”

“You must have a goal in order to know what direction to take.”