“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“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.”

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

“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.”

“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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“To add value to others, one must first value others.” 

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

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

“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

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

 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

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

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

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

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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“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

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

“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.” 

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

“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

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

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

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

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

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

“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.”

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

“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 …
Continue reading John Kenneth Galbraith

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

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

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

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

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the …
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 “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”

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

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

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

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

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

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

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

 “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.”

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”