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

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

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

“Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people,” that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s …
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“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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“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

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

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

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

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

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

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

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

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

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.”

“Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s …
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“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

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

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

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

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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

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?”

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

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

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

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

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

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember; the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.”

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

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

“Details create the big picture.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“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.” 

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

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

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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“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.”

“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

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

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

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

“Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.”

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

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

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

“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

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

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“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.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

“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.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

“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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“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

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

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.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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