“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

“The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

“In a world thats changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If youre not passionate enough from the start, youll never stick …
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“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through–then follow through.”

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

“See things in the present, even if they are in the future.”

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

 “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of      a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

“Change before you have to.”

The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

“You are more than what you do. Your title should not confine you, and your job does not define you.”

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

“Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s …
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“Always deliver more than expected.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
Continue reading George Orwell

“Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

“There is no progress without change.”

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.”

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember; the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.”

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”

“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”

“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”