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

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

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

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

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

 “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.”

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

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

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

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

“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.”

“Being good is good business.”

“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in 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 youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

“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.”

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

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

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

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
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 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

 “There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

“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.

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

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.”

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”

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

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

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

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

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

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

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

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

“Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.”

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

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

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

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

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

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

“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.”

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

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

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

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

 “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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

“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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“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

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

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

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”

“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.”

“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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“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

“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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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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