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

“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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“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

“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.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

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

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

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

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

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

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

“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”

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

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

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

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

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

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

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

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself …
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“Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Change before you have to.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

“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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“Always deliver more than expected.”

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

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

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

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

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
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“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

“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.”

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

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

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

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

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

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

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”