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

“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.”

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.”

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

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

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

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

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

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

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

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

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

“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.”

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” 

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

“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

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

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

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

“Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

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

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects 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.” 

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” 

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

  “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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“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And …
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 “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

“You are more than what you do. Your title should not confine you, and your job does not define you.”

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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“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

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

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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 “There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

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

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

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

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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