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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

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

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

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

“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.”

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

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.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“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.

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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

“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.” 

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

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

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“In a world thats changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

“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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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And …
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“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”

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

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

“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”

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

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

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

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

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

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

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

 “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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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