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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

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

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

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

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

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

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

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 …
Continue reading Vivek Wadhwa

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

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

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.”

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

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

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

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

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

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

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

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

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

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

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

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

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

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

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

“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.”

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

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

“I cant imagine a person becoming a success who doesnt give this game of life everything hes got.”

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

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

“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

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

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

“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

“If you think you are leading, and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

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?”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

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

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

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

“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.”

“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 …
Continue reading Tony Robbins

“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

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

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

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

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
Continue reading Bill Gates

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

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

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

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

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

“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.”

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

“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 …
Continue reading Steve Jobs

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

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