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

“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.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

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

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

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

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

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

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And …
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Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

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

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

“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

“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.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

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

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

“Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s …
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“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

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

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

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

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“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”.

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

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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