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

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

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

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

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

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

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“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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“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

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

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

“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.”

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

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

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

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through–then follow through.”

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

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

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

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

“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 …
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 “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

“Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.”

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

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

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 …
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“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

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

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

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

“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

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

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“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.”

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

“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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“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 are no office hours for leaders.”

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

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

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

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

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

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

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

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

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