“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

 “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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

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

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

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

“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

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

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

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

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

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

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

“You are more than what you do. Your title should not confine you, and your job does not define you.”

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

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

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

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

“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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“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

“Being good is good business.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

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

“Change before you have to.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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 great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

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

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

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

“Dont tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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

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

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

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

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

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

“You’re smart, you’re a survivor; use your intelligence and instincts to get to a better position than the one you’re in now”.

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

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