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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” 

“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

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

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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

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

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

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

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

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?”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

“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”.

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

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

“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.”

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

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

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

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“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

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

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

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

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

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

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

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

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

“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.”

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

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

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

 “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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

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

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

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”