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

“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.’”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

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

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

“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.”

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

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

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

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

 “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.”

“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.”

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

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

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

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

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
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“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

“Theres no luck in business. Theres only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

“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.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

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

“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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“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

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

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

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

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

 “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

“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.”

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

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

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

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

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

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

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

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

“Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.”

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

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

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

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

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

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

“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.”

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”