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

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

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

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

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

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

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do 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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“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

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

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

 “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.”

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

“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader”

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

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

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

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

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

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

“Dont tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

“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.”

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

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

“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 price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

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

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

“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 most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you’re in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
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“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“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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“Change before you have to.”

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

 “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

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

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

“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

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

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

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”