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

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

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you’re in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

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

“Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

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

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

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

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

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

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

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

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

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

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

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

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself …
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“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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 business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

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

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

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“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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“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

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

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

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

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

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“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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“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

“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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“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

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

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

“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

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

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

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

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

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”