“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

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

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

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

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

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

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And …
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“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

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

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

“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

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

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

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

“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.”

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

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

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

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

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

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

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

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

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“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.”

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

“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 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.”

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

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

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

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

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

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

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

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

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

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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“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.”

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

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

“Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s …
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“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”

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

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