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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

“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 best way to predict the future is to create it.”

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

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; …
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“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” 

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

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

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

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

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

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?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

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

“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.”

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

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

“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 …
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“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

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

“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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 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

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

“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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“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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“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

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

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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.”

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

 “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

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

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

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

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

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

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

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

“Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people,” that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s …
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“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

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

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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