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?”

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

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

“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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“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

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

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

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

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

“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.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

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

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

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

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

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

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

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

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

“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.”

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

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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

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

“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.” 

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

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

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

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

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

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

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“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.”

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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

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

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

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”

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

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

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

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

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“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.”

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

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