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

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

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

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

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

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

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

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.’”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

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

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

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

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

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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.”

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

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

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

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

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

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“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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“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

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

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

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

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

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

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

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

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

“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

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

“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.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

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

“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.”

“To add value to others, one must first value others.” 

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

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