“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to …
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 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

“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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“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

“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.”

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

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

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

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”

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

“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.”

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

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

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

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.”

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

“Being good is good business.”

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

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?”

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

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

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“There is no progress without change.”

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

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

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

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

“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.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

“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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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

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

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

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

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

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

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

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

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

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

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

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

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

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

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

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

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

“You’re smart, you’re a survivor; use your intelligence and instincts to get to a better position than the one you’re in now”.

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

“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”