“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

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

“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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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

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

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

“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.”

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

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

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

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

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

“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

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

“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.”

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

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

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

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

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

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

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

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

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

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

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

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

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

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”

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

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

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

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

“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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“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

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

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

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

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

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

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

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or …
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“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large”

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

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

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

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

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

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

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

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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“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

  “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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“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”