Henry Kravis Quotes & Sayings

“If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.”

“Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's the right thing: I do it because I want do it.”

“As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure.”

“If you have something at risk, you think differently.”

“It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.”

“You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.”

“If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble.”

“Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, as long as money will last to buy it.”

“I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want.”

“The trouble, in my opinion, with corporate America today, is that everything is thought of in quarters.”