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

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

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

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

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

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

“The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.”

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

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

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

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

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

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

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

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

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

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

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

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

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

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

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

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

 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

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

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

“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.” 

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

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

“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 …
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Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

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

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”

“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.”

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“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 …
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“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 and learning are indispensable to each other.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”

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

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

“Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.”

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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