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

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

“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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“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.” 

“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.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

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

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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

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

“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution …
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“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.”

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

“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.”

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

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

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to …
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“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

“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.” 

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

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

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

 “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.”

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

“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 you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large”

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

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

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

“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.”

“Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”

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

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

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

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

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

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