“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

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

“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 …
Continue reading Theodore Roosevelt

 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader”

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

“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 …
Continue reading Ben Silbermann

“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 …
Continue reading Douglas MacArthur

“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.”

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

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

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

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

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

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

If The World Says “No”, You Say “Next”… Never Give Up

“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from …
Continue reading Sara Blakely

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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?”

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

“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.” 

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading Nelson Mandela

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

“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 …
Continue reading Thomas Edison

“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 …
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“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.”

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

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

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

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

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

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

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

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

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

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

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

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

“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.”

“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“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 …
Continue reading Ray Goforth

“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution …
Continue reading Jeff Bezos

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

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

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

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

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“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 …
Continue reading Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, and former Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.

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

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

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

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

“If you think you are leading, and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”

“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“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.”

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

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

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

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

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

“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”.

 “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.”

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

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