“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.”

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

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

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?”

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

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

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

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

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

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

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

 “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.”

“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.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“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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“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

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

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

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

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

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

“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result …
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“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

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

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

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

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

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

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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 supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

“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.”

“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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“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

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

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

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

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the …
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“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large”

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

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

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

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