“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

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

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

“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.”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

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

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

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

“Dont tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

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

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

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

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

“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.’”

“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.”

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

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

 “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.”

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

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

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“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

“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.”

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

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

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.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

 “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.”

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

“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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“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

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

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

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

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“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.”

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

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

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

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

“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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“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

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

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

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
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“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.” 

“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.”

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

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

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

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

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