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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

 “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.”

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Change before you have to.”

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

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

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

 “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.”

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

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people,” that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s …
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“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

“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.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

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

“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.’”

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

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

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

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

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

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