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

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

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

 “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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.”

“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.”

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

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

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

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

“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.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

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

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

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

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

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

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

 “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.”

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

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

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

“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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“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

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

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

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

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

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

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“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.”

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

“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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“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

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

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

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

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

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”