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

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

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

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

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Always deliver more than expected.”

“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

“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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“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Success isnt just about what you accomplish in your life; its about what you inspire others to do.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

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

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

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

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

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

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

“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.”

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

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

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

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

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

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

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

“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”.

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

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

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

What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

“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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“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

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

“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.”

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

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

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

“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

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

“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.” 

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

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

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

“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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“Change before you have to.”

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

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

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

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

“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.”

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