“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”

“Details create the big picture.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“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”.

 “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.”

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

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

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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

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

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“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.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“Change before you have to.”

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

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

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

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

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; …
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“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

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

  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

“Being good is good business.”

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

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the …
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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?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

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

“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.”

“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 first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
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“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

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

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

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

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