“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result …
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“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

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

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

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

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

“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.

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

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“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.”

“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.”

If The World Says “No”, You Say “Next”… Never Give Up

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

“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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“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

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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“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

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

“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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“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.”

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“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.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

“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.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.”

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

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

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

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

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

“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.’”

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

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

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

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

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

“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 most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

“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.”

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

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

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from …
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“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

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

“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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“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.” 

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

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

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

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

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

“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

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

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

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

“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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“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

“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.”

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

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