“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

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

“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.”

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

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

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

“Change before you have to.”

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

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

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

“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.” 

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

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

 “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

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

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

“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

“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.”

“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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“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

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

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

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

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

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

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

“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.”

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

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

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

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

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.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

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

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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