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

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

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

“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”

“Change before you have to.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

“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.”

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

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

“Being good is good business.”

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out …
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“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or …
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“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

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

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

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

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

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

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

 “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.”

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

“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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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

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

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

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

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

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

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“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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“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

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

 “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.”

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

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

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

“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.”

“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from …
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“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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“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“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.”

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

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

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

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

“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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“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

“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.”

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

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“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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“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

“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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“The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

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

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

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

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

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

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

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

“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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“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

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