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

“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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“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not …
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However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

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

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“Being good is good business.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not …
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“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

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

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

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

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

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

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

 “There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“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.”

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

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

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

“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.”

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

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.”

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

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

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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“Change before you have to.”

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

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?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

“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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“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

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

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

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

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

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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