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

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

“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?”

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

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

“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.”

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

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

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

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

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

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

“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 pinch, human beings are heroic.”

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

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

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”

“The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

“Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

“Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

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

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“I cant imagine a person becoming a success who doesnt give this game of life everything hes got.”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

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

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

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

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

“I cant give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

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

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they dont necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

“Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

“Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.”

“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

“Being good is good business.”

“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

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

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

“Success isnt just about what you accomplish in your life; its about what you inspire others to do.”

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.”

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

“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.”

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

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

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

“Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

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

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”