“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution …
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“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself …
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“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

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

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

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

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

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

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“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.”

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

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

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

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

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

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

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

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

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

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

“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.”

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

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

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

“The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out …
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“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

“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.”

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

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

 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

“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 supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

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

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

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

“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

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

“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

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

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

“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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“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.”

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

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

“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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“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”