“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

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

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

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

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

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“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.”

“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 add value to others, one must first value others.” 

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

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

“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”

“Being good is good business.”

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

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

 “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.”

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

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

“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”.

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

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

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

“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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“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

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

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

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

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

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

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

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

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

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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?”

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

“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.”

“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.

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

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

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

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

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And …
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“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

“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.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

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

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