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

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

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

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

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

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

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

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

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

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

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
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“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”

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

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

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

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

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

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

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

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

“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.”

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

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

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

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

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

“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.”

“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

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

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

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

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

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

“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.” 

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

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

 “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.”

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