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

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“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.”

“Being good is good business.”

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

“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.”

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

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

 “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.”

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

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

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

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

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

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

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

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

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

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

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

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

“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

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

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

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

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

“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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“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

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

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

“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.”

“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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“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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“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

“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.”

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

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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

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

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you’re in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

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

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

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

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“Change before you have to.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

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

I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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