“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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

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

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

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

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

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

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

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

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

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

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

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

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

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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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 “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.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” 

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and …
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“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.”

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

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

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

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

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

“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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“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.”

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

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

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

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

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

“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”.

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

  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

“Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.”

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

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” 

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

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 genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

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

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

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

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

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

“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.”

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

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

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

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

“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.”

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

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

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

“If you think you are leading, and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”