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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

“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 value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

“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.”

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

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

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

“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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“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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“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

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

“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.”

“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

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

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” 

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

“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.”

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

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

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

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

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

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

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

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

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.”

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

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”

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

“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.”

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not …
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“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

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

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not …
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“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

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

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

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

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?”

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

“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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“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.”

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

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

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

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

“There is no progress without change.”

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

“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.”

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

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

 “If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

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