“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.”

“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.”

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

“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

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

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

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

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

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

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

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

“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.”

“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

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

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

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

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

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

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

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

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

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

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

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

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

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

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

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

“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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“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
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  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.”

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

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

“Price is what you pay. Value is what 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.”

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

“Details create the big picture.”

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

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”

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