“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”

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

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

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

“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.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

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

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

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

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

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

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

“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large”

“Change before you have to.”

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

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

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

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

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

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

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?”

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

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

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“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.”

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

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

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

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

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

“Details create the big picture.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

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

“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

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

“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.”

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.” 

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

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

“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.”

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

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

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