“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

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

“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.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“There is no progress without change.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”

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

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

“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.”

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

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

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

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

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

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

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

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

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

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

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

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

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

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

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

“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.”

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

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

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

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

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

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

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

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

“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 and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” 

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

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

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”