“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

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

 “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.”

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

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

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

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

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

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

“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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“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

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

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

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

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

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

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

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

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s 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.”

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

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

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself …
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“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

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

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

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

“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 supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

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

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

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

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

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

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

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“To add value to others, one must first value others.” 

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

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

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

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

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

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

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

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

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?”

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

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

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If youre not passionate enough from the start, youll never stick …
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 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

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

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

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

“The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves to that as a matter …
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“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”