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

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

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

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

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

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

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

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

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

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Dont tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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

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

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

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

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

 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

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

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

“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, is bound to succeed.”

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

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

“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

“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.”

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

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

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

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

“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.”

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

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

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

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

“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 it out.” 

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

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

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“Theres no luck in business. Theres only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

“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.”

“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 you will succeed.”

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

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

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

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

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

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

“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 everybody else.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

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

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

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

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

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

  “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 stick it out.” 

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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