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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

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

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.”

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

If The World Says “No”, You Say “Next”… Never Give Up

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

 “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

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

“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.”

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself …
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“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

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

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

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

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

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

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

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

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

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

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

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

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

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the …
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 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

“Change before you have to.”

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

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

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

 “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.”

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

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

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“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.”

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

“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 greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

“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.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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