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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

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

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

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

“Being good is good business.”

“There is no progress without change.”

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

“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.” 

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

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

“You’re smart, you’re a survivor; use your intelligence and instincts to get to a better position than the one you’re in now”.

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.”

“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.”

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

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

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

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

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

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

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

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

“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.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

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

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

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

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

“You manage things; you lead people.”

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

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

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

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

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

“The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves to that as a matter …
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“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

“You are more than what you do. Your title should not confine you, and your job does not define you.”