47 Quotes from the works of William Shakespeare. These quotes are useful for business presentations.

1. 47 Useful Shakespeare Quotes
for Business
Quotes by William Shakespeare
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2. 47 Quotes From Shakespeare
Much of William Shakespeare’s work was completed 400 years ago. His writing captured elements
of the human spirit. These quotes were selected for their application to today’s business. You may
find one or more of these quotes useful and relevant for an audience you’re addressing. Enjoy!

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"We know what we are but know not
what we may be."
Hamlet

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"There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so."
Hamlet

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"Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of
husbandry."
Hamlet

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"Give every man thy ear, but few thy
voice."
Hamlet

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"Brevity is the soul of wit."
Hamlet

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"This above all: to thine ownself be true.
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man."
Hamlet

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“There is not one wise man in twenty
that will praise himself”
Hamlet

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"It is a tale…full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing."
Macbeth

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“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”
Macbeth

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"Things won are done; joy's soul lies
in the doing."
Troilus and Cressida

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"And oftentimes excusing of a fault
doth make the fault the worse by the
excuse."
King John

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"Strong reasons make strong
actions."
King John

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"How far that little candle throws his
beams!"
The Merchant of Venice

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"I like not fair terms and a villain's
mind."
The Merchant of Venice

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“All that glisters is not gold."
The Merchant of Venice

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"How poor are they that have not
patience? What wound did ever heal
but by degrees?"
Othello

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"Certain, men should be what they
seem."
Othello

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“Small to greater matters must give
way.”
Anthony and Cleopatra

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"To business that we love we rise
betime,
And go to’t with delight."
Anthony and Cleopatra

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“… for in such business action is
eloquence”
Coriolanus

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“O it is excellent to have a giant’s
strength but it is tyrannous to use it
like a giant”
Measure for Measure

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“Our doubts are traitors, and make us
lose the good we oft might win, By
fearing to attempt.”
Measure for Measure

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“Men at some time are masters of
their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is
not in our stars, but in ourselves, that
we are underlings.”
Julius Caesar

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"There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures."
Julius Caesar

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"Be patient, for the world is broad
and wide."
Romeo and Juliet

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"Go wisely and slowly. Those who
rush, stumble and fall."
Romeo and Juliet

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“How full of briers is this working
day”
As You Like It

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"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts."
As You Like It

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"He that wants money, means, and
content is without three good
friends."
As You Like It

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“The fool doth think he is wise, but
the wise man knows himself a fool”
As You Like It

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"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft
might win,
By fearing to attempt."
Measure for Measure

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“How in one house should many
people under two commands hold
amity?”
King Lear

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"Have more than thou showest, Speak
less than thou knowest."
King Lear

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“All things are ready if our minds be
so.”
Henry V

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"Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a
sin, as self-neglecting."
Henry V

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"Let life be short; else shame will be
too long."
Henry V

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“Speak on but be not over-tedious.”
Henry VI

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"Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of
good deed to say well; and yet words
are not deeds."
Henry VIII

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“No profit grows where is no pleasure
taken.”
The Taming of The Shrew

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"My dear dear lord,
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation—that away,
Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay."
Richard II

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“Be not afraid of greatness: Some are
born great, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon
them.”
Twelfth Night

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"Better three hours too soon than a
minute too late."
The Merry Wives of Windsor

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"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
All’s Well That Ends Well

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"Fortune brings in some boats that
are not steer'd."
Cymbeline

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"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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“We are such stuff as dreams are
made on; and our little life is rounded
with a sleep.”
The Tempest

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"Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth in
blood."
Much Ado About Nothing