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

“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.”

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

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

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

“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 …
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“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.”

“Details create the big picture.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“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 …
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“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.”

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

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

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“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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“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

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

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

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

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

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

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

“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.”

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

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

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

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

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

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

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

“The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves to that as a matter …
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“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

“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.”

“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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“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.”

“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people,” that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s …
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“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“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.” 

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

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

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