“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

“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.”

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

“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution …
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“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and …
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Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

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

“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or …
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“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

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

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

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

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

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

“Dont tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

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

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

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

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

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