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

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

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

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

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

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

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

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

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

 “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.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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

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

“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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“Truth builds trust.” 

“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.”

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“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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“Truth builds trust.” 

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

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

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

“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.”

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

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

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

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

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

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

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

 “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.”

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

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

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?”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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”.

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

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

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

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

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

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

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

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

“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.”