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

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

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

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

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

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

“The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.”

“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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“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

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

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

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

“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”

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

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

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

“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 leader is a dealer in hope.”

“If you think you are leading, and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

 “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.”

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

“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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 “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and …
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

“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.”

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

“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.” 

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

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

“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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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

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

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” 

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

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 “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.”

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

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