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

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

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

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

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

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

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

“Change before you have to.”

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

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

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

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

“Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people,” that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s …
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“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

“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 organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

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

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

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

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

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

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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

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

“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

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

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

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

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

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

“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.”

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

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

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

“See things in the present, even if they are in the future.”

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

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

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

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

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

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

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

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

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

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

“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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“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If youre not passionate enough from the start, youll never stick …
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“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”