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

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

“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 …
Continue reading Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, and former Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.

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

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

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

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading John Kenneth Galbraith

“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.”

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

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

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

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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

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

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

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

“The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.”

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.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“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 …
Continue reading Peter Drucker

“Truth builds trust.” 

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading George Orwell

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“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.”

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

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
Continue reading Jim Rohn

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

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

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.” 

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“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.”

“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

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

“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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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

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

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading Spencer Fry

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading Charles F. Kettering

“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.”

“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.”

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

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

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 …
Continue reading Vivek Wadhwa

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

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

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

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”