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?”

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

“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.”

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

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

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

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

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

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

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

 “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.”

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

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

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

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

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

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

“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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“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

 “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

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

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

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.”

“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.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

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

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

“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.”

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

“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.” 

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

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

 “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.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“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.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Change before you have to.”

“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.

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

 “There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

“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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Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

“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.” 

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

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

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

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