“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

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

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

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

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

“Change before you have to.”

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

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

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

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

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

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

“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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“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

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

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“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.”

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

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

“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

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

“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.”

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

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

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

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

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.”

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

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

“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.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

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

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

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

“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

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

 “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.”

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

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

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”

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

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

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

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

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

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

“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.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“Details create the big picture.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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