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

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

 “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.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people,” that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s …
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 “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.”

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

“Success isnt just about what you accomplish in your life; its about what you inspire others to do.”

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

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

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

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

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

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

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

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

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

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

“Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.”

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

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

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“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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Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

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

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

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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

“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

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

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

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

“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.”

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

“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

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

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

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

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

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

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