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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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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“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

“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.”

“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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“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’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

“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.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

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

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

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

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

“The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves to that as a matter …
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“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

“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.”

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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

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

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

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

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

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

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“Always deliver more than expected.”

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“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.”

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

“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.”

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

“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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“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.”

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
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“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”