“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.’”

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

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

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

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

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

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

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

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

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

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

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

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

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and youre in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“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.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

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

“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.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

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

“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 golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.”

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you’re in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

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

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“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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“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.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

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

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

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

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

“Change before you have to.”

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”