“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

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

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

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

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

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

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

“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 get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

“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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“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Many of life’s 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.

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

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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“When people talk, listen completely.”

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to …
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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.”

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

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

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

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

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

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

“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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“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”

 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

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

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

“There is no progress without change.”

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

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

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

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

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

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and …
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The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.

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

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

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

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

“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.”

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

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

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

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

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

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

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

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

“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.’”

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?”

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

“Change before you have to.”

“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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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”