“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

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

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

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

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from …
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“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

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

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

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.”

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

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

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

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

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

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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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“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

“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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“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.”

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

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

 “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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.” 

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

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“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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“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

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

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

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