“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

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

“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

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

 “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.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

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

“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.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

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

“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

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

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

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

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

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

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

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

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

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

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

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

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

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

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

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

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

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

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“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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“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

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

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

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

“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

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

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”