“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.”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“You manage things; you lead people.”

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

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

“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

“Just because something doesnt do what you planned it to do doesnt mean its useless.”

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

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

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

“””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.”””

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

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

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

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

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

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

“Im a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didnt have the heart to let him down.”

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

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

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

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long youve been in the business.”

“Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

“The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves to that as a matter of doing business.”

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

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

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

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

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

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

“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.”

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

“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?”

“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.”

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and youre in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

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

“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

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

“Dont let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.”

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Dont wish it were easier; wish you were better.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“Dont be distracted by criticism. Remember; the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”