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

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

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

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

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

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

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

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

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

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

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

“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.’”

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

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

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

“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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“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.” 

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

 “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.”

“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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“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.”

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Dont wish it were easier; wish you were better.”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“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.”

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

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or …
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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.”

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

“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

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

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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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

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

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

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.”

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

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

“The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.”

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

“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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“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.

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

“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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“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

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

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

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

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

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

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

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

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

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

 “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.”

“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”