“Being good is good business.”

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

“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result …
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“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
Continue reading Jim Rohn

“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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“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

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

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

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

“Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.”

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

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

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

“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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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

“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 …
Continue reading Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, and former Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

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

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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“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.”

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“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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“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

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.”

“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.” 

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

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

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

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

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

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

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

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and youre in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

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

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

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

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

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

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

 “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.”

“The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.”