“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading Douglas MacArthur

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

  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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“In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

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

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

“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.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

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

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“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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“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

“There is no progress without change.”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

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

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

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

“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.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“You manage things; you lead people.”

“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If youre not passionate enough from the start, youll never stick …
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 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Details create the big picture.”

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

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

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

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

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

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

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

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

“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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“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

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

“I cant imagine a person becoming a success who doesnt give this game of life everything hes got.”

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the …
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“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

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

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

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
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“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

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

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

“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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“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

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.”

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

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

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
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“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.

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

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

“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.”

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

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

“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 lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of      a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of               a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

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

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

“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”

“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.”

“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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“Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.”