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

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

“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 can dream it, you can do it.”

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

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

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

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

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

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

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“There is no progress without change.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

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

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

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

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

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

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

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

“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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“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

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

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

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

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

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

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

“Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.”

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

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”

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

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

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

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

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

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

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

“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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“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

“Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people,” that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s …
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 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”