“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.’”

“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.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“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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“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

“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.”

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

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

“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 role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

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

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

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

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

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

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

“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.” 

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

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

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

“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.”

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

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

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

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

“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

“Change before you have to.”

“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.”

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

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

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

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

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

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

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

“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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“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

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

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

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