“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, …
Continue reading Henry Ford

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

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

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

 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

“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.”

“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 …
Continue reading Jeff Bezos

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”

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

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

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

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

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

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

“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.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

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

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

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

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

“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

“There is no progress without change.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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 …
Continue reading Vivek Wadhwa

“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

“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.”

I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?”

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

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading Nelson Mandela

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

“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.”

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

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“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 …
Continue reading Thomas Edison

“Change before you have to.”

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

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”

“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.”

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

“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 …
Continue reading Mark Parker

“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 …
Continue reading Ben Silbermann

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

“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 …
Continue reading Ray Goforth

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

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the …
Continue reading Spencer Fry

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

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

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

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.”

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

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

 “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.”

“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.

“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 …
Continue reading Theodore Roosevelt

“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.”

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

“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If youre not passionate enough from the start, youll never stick …
Continue reading Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, and former Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

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

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

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

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

“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.”

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

“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.”

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

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

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

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