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

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

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

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

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

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

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

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

“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 …
Continue reading Ray Goforth

“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 …
Continue reading Mark Parker

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading Nelson Mandela

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

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

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

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

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

“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.”

“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 …
Continue reading Nelson Mandela

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“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 …
Continue reading Woodrow Wilson

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

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

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

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

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

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

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

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

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

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

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

“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If youre not passionate enough from the start, youll never stick …
Continue reading Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, and former Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

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

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.’”

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“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 …
Continue reading Bill Gates

“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.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”