Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

“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.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

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.”

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

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

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

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

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

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

“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

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

“Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s …
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“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

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

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

“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.” 

“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

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

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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