“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.”

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

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

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

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to …
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 “If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

“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.”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from …
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“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.”

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

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

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

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

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

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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

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.”

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

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

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the …
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“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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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

“You manage things; you lead people.”

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

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

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.”

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

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

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

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

“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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“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.” 

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

“Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

“Change before you have to.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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

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

“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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“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

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

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

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

  “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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“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.”

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

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

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

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

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

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.”

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“To add value to others, one must first value others.” 

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

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

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

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