“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people dont want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face.”

“Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“Leaders arent born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And thats the price well have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

“If youre not stubborn, youll give up on experiments too soon. And if youre not flexible, youll pound your head against the wall and you wont see a different solution to a problem youre trying to solve.”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

“Dont set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

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

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

“””All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”””

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” 

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.”

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

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

“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.”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

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

“You’re smart, you’re a survivor; use your intelligence and instincts to get to a better position than the one you’re in now”.

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” 

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

“Always deliver more than expected.”

“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.”

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

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

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

“I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?”

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

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

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

“Dont follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

“Theres no luck in business. Theres only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“Doing what is right isnt the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.”

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

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

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

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and is delivered with amazing customer service.”

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

“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.”

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

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.”

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.”

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Being good is good business.”

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

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the week.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

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

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“””A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.”””

“If youre not sure where you are going, youre liable to end up someplace else.”

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”