“Being good is good business.”

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

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“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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“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

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

“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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“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

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

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

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

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

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

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“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.” 

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

“I cant imagine a person becoming a success who doesnt give this game of life everything hes got.”

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“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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“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

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

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

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

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

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

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

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

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

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

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

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

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

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

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

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”