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

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

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

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

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

“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”.

“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.”

“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.”

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

 “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.”

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

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

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

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or …
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“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

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

“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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“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

“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.’”

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

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

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

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

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

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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?”

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

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

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

“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.”

“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

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

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

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

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“You are more than what you do. Your title should not confine you, and your job does not define you.”

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

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

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

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

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

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

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

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

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

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

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