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

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“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.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“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.”

 “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.”

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

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.”

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

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

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

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

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

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

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.”

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

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

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

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

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

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

“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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“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.” 

“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.”

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

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

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

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

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

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

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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

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

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

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

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

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

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”