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

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

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

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

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

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

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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”.

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

“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“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.”

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“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.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“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.”

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
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“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

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

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

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.”

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

“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.” 

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

“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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“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.”

 “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.”

“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.”

“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.

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

“See things in the present, even if they are in the future.”

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

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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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 “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

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

“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.”

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

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

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

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

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

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

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