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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

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

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

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

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

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

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

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

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

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

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

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

“You are more than what you do. Your title should not confine you, and your job does not define you.”

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

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

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

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

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

“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.”

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

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

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

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

“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.”

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

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

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

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

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

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

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

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

 “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.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

“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.” 

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“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.”

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

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

“Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.”

If The World Says “No”, You Say “Next”… Never Give Up

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

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

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

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

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”