“Change before you have to.”

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

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

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

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

“If you think you are leading, and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

“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.”

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

“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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“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

  “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.”

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.” 

“The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves to that as a matter …
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“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

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

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following 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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“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.”

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”

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

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

“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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“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”.

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

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

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

“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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“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

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

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And …
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“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.”

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

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

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

“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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“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

“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.” 

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result …
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“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”