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

“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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“Change before you have to.”

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

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

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.

“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.”

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

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

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

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

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

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

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

“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

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

“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result …
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The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

“Theres no luck in business. Theres only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

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

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

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

“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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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through–then follow through.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

“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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“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”