“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

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

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

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

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid 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.”

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

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

 “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.”

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

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

 “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.”

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

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

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

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

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

If The World Says “No”, You Say “Next”… Never Give Up

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

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?”

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

“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 …
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“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

“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.”

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

  “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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“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.”

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

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

“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.”

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

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

“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.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

“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.”

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out …
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“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.”

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

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

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

“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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“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

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

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

“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 best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
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“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

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

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

“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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Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

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

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

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