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

“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.”

“Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.”

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

“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.”

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

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

“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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“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

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

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

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

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

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

“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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If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

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

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

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

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

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

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

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

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

“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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Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

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.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

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

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

“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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“Details create the big picture.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

“Being good is good business.”

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

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

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

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

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

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

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

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

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

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

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

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“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.”

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

“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; …
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“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

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

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

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

“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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“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

“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.”

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

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

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

“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

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

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”