“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

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

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

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

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

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

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

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

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

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

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

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

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?”

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

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

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

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

“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.

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

“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.”

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

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.”

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

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from …
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“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

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

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“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”.

“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.”

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

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

“To add value to others, one must first value others.” 

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

“Change before you have to.”

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

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Great things in business are never done by one person. Theyre done by a team of people.”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”

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

“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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Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

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

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

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”