“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.”

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution …
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“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

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

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

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

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

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

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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.”

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

“Being good is good business.”

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

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

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” 

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

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

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

“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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“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

“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 never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

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

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

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

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

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

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

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

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”