“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

“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.

“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.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

“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.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”

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

“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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“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

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

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

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

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

“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.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself …
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 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.” 

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

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

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

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

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

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

“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.’”

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

  “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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“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 difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

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

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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

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

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

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

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

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

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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