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

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

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

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

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.”

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

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

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

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

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

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

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

“I cant imagine a person becoming a success who doesnt give this game of life everything hes got.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

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

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

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

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

“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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“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

“Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.”

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

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

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

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.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

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

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

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

 “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.”

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

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

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

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

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

“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large”

“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.”

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

“Dont 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.”

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

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

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

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

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

 “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 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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