“If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.”

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

“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.”

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

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

“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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“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.”

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

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

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“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.”

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

“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.

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

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

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

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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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“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

“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.”

“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“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.”

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

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

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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