“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

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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“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

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

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

“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“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.”

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

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

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

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

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

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

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

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

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”

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

“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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“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

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

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

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

“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”

“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.”

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

 “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.”

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

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

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

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.”

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

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

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

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

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

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

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

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

“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.”

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

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

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

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

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”