“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.”

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

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

“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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“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

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

Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

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

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

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

“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

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

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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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“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 …
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“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” 

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

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

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

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

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

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

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

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

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

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

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

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

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

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

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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