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

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

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”

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

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

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

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

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

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

  “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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“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

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

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

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

“Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.”

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

 “There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

“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.”

“Being good is good business.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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 manage things; you lead people.”

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

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.”

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

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?”

“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.”

 “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.”

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

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

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

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

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

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

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

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.”

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

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

“You are more than what you do. Your title should not confine you, and your job does not define you.”

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

“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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