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

“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.”

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

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

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

“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or …
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“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.”

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

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

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

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

“A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed …
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“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

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

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

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

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

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

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

“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.’”

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

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

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

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

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

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

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

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

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

“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.” 

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

“Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s …
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“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

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

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

“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.”

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

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

“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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“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“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.”

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

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

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

“Theres no luck in business. Theres only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

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.”

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

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

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

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

“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.”