“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through–then follow through.”

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

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

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

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

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

“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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“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

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

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

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

“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.”

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

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

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

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

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

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

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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“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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If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“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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“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

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

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

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

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

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

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

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

“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to …
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“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
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“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.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

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

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
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“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

“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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“There are no office hours for leaders.”

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

“To add value to others, one must first value others.” 

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

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

“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.” 

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

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

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

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

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

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

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

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

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