“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

“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.”

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

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

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

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“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.”

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and …
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“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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

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

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

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

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

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

“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.”

“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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“Change before you have to.”

“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.” 

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

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

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

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember; the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.”

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

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

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

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

“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.” 

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

“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.”

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

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

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

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

 “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.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or …
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“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

“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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“When people talk, listen completely.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

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

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

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

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

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”