“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

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

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

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

“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.”

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

“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.” 

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

“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.”

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

“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“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?”

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

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

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

 “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.”

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

“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.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” 

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

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

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

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

If The World Says “No”, You Say “Next”… Never Give Up

 “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.”

“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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“Always deliver more than expected.”

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

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

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

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

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the …
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“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

“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.’”

“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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“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

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

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

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

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and …
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“Theres no luck in business. Theres only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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