“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

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

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

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

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

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

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

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

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

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

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

“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader”

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

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

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

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

“There is no progress without change.”

“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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“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

“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.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

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

“If you think you are leading, and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”

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

“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.”

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.”

 “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.”

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

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

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

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

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

  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

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

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

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

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

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

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

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

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

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

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

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

“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

“See things in the present, even if they are in the future.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“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.”