If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

 “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.”

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

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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

“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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“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you’re in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

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

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“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.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

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

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

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

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

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

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

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

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

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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“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

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

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

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

“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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“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

“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.”

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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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.’”

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

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

“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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“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

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

“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.”

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

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

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“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.”

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“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.”