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Howard Schultz Quotes

Total quotes: 29
“You have to be authentic, you have to be true, and you have to believe in your heart that this is going to work.”
— Howard Schultz, The HBR Interview: “We Had to Own the Mistakes”
Tagged: Self-Esteem, Authentic, Self-Confidence
“What can we do to effect meaningful change and create the just, fair, and secure future we all desire?”
— Howard Schultz, From the Ground Up
Tagged: Questions, Politics, Nation-Building, Creating Value
“Being entrepreneurial means you will fail. You just have to be willing to listen to people who tell you something is broken, and then fix it.”
— Howard Schultz, From the Ground Up
Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Business, Failure
“None of us exists in isolation. Healthy, happy communities rely on the interdependence of their members. We are in this together.”
— Howard Schultz, From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
Tagged: Community, Connection
“You have to have a 100% belief in your core reason for being.”
— Howard Schultz, The HBR Interview: “We Had to Own the Mistakes”
Tagged: Self-Esteem
“I love our country, and I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent.”
— Howard Schultz
Tagged: America, Patroitism, President, Centrist, Independent
“I want to see the American people win. I want to see America win. I don't care if you're a Democrat, independent, libertarian, Republican. Bring me your ideas.”
— Howard Schultz, Starbucks' Howard Schultz 'seriously considering' independent bid for president
Tagged: American People, Democrat, Independent, libertarian, republican, Ideas
“The American people are exhausted. Their trust has been broken. And they are looking for a better choice.”
— Howard Schultz, Starbucks' Howard Schultz 'seriously considering' independent bid for president
Tagged: American People, Exhausted, Trust
“Behind my suit, tie, and friendliness, I was a young businessman haunted by the anxiety of a childhood steeped in financial insecurity.”
— Howard Schultz, From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
Tagged: Financial Insecurity
“Work should be personal. For all of us. Not just for the artist and the entrepreneur. Work should have meaning for the accountant, the construction worker, the technologist, the manager, and the clerk.”
— Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Tagged: Work, Working, purpose
“When I opened my first espresso bars, I wanted to create places where people could escape the chaos of the day and feel a sense of belonging.”
— Howard Schultz, From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
Tagged: Starbucks
“We are living in a society where there is a need for human connection and a sense of community. And what we do every day is bring people together.”
— Howard Schultz, The HBR Interview: “We Had to Own the Mistakes”
Tagged: Society, Human Connection, Community
“Honest communication, even when it stings emotionally, is the root of productive problem solving.”
— Howard Schultz, From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
Tagged: Communication, Honesty, Problem-Solving, Critical thinking
“No business can do well for its shareholders without first doing well by all the people its business touches.”
— Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Tagged: Business
“All I remember was being in the shower and him storming in, opening the shower, and then with his fists just beating me to a pulp. Blood dripped down into the shower, and I couldn't go to school for a couple of days.”
— Howard Schultz, Howard Schultz says companies must do more than make money
Tagged: Family Violence
“The will and ability to reimagine the future is at the heart of this country’s beginning, as well as a concept that crept into my consciousness when I was just a boy.”
— Howard Schultz, From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America
Tagged: America, Future, Imagining Possibilities
“The rules of engagement in traditional marketing are over. Whether you are creating a brand, building one, or running a big one, you’d better understand social media, because there is a seismic shift in how people are gaining access to information and, as a result, how they are behaving.”
— Howard Schultz, The HBR Interview: “We Had to Own the Mistakes”
Tagged: rules of engagement, Marketing, Branding, Social Media
“I do believe in the kindness and the goodness and the compassion and the empathy of the American people.…I don’t have a panacea of how to get there, but I know one thing: The current state of affairs, the crisis in our democracy is not who we are, and I know we’re better than this.”
— Howard Schultz, Howard Schultz talks politics with Gwyneth Paltrow — and people have a lot of feelings about it
Tagged: kindness, Goodness, Compassion, Democracy
“Success is not sustainable if it's defined by how big you become.”
— Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Tagged: Success, Business
“Success is very shallow if it doesn’t have emotional meaning.”
— Howard Schultz, The HBR Interview: “We Had to Own the Mistakes”
Tagged: Success, Emotional Meaning
“Unfortunately, we live in a sea of mediocrity in all walks of life.”
— Howard Schultz, The HBR Interview: “We Had to Own the Mistakes”
Tagged: mediocrity
“You have to be willing to fight for what you believe in.”
— Howard Schultz, The HBR Interview: “We Had to Own the Mistakes”
Tagged: Convictions, Fighting
“More often than not I’ve taken the road less traveled.”
— Howard Schultz, The HBR Interview: “We Had to Own the Mistakes”
Tagged: Road Less Traveled
“Humility is something that unfortunately we have lost. I think in many ways America is losing its conscience as a result of the hate and the vitriol and the divisiveness that is being spewed by this president and his enablers. I believe that the majority of Americans do not hate each other.”
— Howard Schultz, Howard Schultz talks politics with Gwyneth Paltrow — and people have a lot of feelings about it
Tagged: Humility, America, Conscience, Vitriol, Divisiveness, Donald Trump, Hate
“You're going to criticize me for — for being successful when in my company over the last 30 years, the only company in America that gave comprehensive health insurance, equity in the form of stock options, and free college tuition? And Elizabeth Warren wants to criticize me for being successful?”
— Howard Schultz, I'm A Billionaire, I Thought That Was The American Dream
Tagged: American Politics, Elizabeth Warren
“I do believe there are common-sense solutions on both sides of the aisle if people would come together and remove their self interest and their ideology and recognize that they’ve been elected to represent all of America, not their individual constituency. It’s just a shame that we’re in a situation where ideology and party over country seems to be what we stand for.”
— Howard Schultz, Howard Schultz talks politics with Gwyneth Paltrow — and people have a lot of feelings about it
Tagged: Common Sense, Ideology
“What we need right now in America is for the country to come together, and for the Democrats and Republicans who have been unwilling to work together, to finally realize that the American people deserve much more than political slogans and tweets. What we need is a government that can work for us, leadership that we can trust.”
— Howard Schultz, Howard Schultz Shoots Down Liz Warren Attack With Passionate Defense of the American Dream
“I grew up in the poor projects of Brooklyn, New York, paid my way through college, and moved to Seattle, Washington, with my wife, Sheri, to take a job as head of marketing for a small coffee company called Starbucks. I spent my first weeks working at the Pike Place store, learning all about coffee, scooping fresh beans for customers and sealing them in small bags. But it was on a business trip to Italy that I unexpectedly discovered my true passion.”
— Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Tagged: KindlePasting
“There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. But we lean forward nonetheless because, despite all risks and rational argument, we believe that the path we are choosing is the right and best thing to do. We refuse to be bystanders, even if we do not know exactly where our actions will lead.”
— Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Tagged: Courage
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