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

“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

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

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

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

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

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

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

“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.”

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

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

“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 a dealer in hope.”

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

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

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

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

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

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

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

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

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

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

“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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“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

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

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

“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.’”

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

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

“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.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

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

“See things in the present, even if they are in the future.”

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“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.” 

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

  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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“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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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?”

“In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

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

“Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.”

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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