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

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

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

“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.”

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

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

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

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

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

 “There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

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

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

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

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

“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.”

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of      a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of               a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

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.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

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

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

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

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

“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.’”

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

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

“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.”

“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

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

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

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

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

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.”

“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.”

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

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“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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“Being good is good business.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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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.

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do 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.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

“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.”