“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

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

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

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

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

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

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

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

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

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

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

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

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

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

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

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

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

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

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

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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

“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

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

“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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“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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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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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“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

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

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

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

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

“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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  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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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.”

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

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

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

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

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

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

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.”

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

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

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

“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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“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

“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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“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.”

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

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

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