“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

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

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

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

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

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

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

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

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

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

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

 “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.”

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“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.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

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

“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 …
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“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

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

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

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

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

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

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

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

“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.”

 “If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

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

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

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

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

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

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

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

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

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

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

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

 “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”