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

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

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

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

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

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from …
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“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

“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.”

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

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

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

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

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

“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.’”

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

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

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

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

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

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

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

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

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

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“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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“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

“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.”

“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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“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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“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”.

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

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

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

“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.”

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember; the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.”

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”

“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.”

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

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

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?”

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

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

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

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

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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

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

“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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