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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

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

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

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

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

“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

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

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

“Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.”

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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“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.”

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

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

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

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

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
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“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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“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

“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.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

 “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.”

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

“I cant imagine a person becoming a success who doesnt give this game of life everything hes got.”

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

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And …
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“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

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

“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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“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.”

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

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

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the 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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“Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.”

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

“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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“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

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

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

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

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

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

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

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

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

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

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

“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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“Change before you have to.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“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.”

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

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

“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

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

“Success isnt just about what you accomplish in your life; its about what you inspire others to do.”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

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

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