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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out …
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“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out …
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However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

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

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

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; …
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“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.”

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

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

“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

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

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

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

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

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

“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.”

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

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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

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

 “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.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

  “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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“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.”

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

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

 “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.”

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

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

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

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

“There is no progress without change.”

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

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

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

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

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

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

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

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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