“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.”

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

“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.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

 “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

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

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

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

 “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”

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

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

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

 “There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“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 profitable.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”

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

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.”

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

“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.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“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.”

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

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

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

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

“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.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

 “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.”

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

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

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

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

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

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

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

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

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

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies.”

“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

“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 it out.” 

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”