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

“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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“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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“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.”

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

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

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

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

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“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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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

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

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

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

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

“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

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

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

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

 “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.”

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

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and …
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“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

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

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

“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.”

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

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

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

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

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
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“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

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

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

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