“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.”

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

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

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

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

 “If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

“Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

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

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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“The time is always right to do what is right.”

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

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

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

 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

“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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“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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“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.”

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

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

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember; the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

“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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“The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.”

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

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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