“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

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

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

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

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

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

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

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

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

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

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

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

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

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“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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“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

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

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

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.” 

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

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

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

“In a world thats changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

“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 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.

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

“Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.”

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

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

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

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”

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

“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.”

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

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

“You’re smart, you’re a survivor; use your intelligence and instincts to get to a better position than the one you’re in now”.

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

“Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.”

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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