“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.”

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

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

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

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

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

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

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

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

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

“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.”

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large”

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

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

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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

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

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

“A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed …
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“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“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.”

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

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

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

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

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

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

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

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

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

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

“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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“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

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

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

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

“Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.”

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

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

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

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

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

 “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.”

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

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

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

“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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“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

“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.”

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

“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”