“You manage things; you lead people.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

“Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

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

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

“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.”

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.”

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

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

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

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

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

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

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

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?”

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

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

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

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

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

“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”.

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember; the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution …
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“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“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 …
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