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

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

“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.”

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

“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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Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

“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.”

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” 

“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result …
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“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

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

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

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

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.”

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

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

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

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

“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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“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

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

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

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

 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

“Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

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

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

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

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

  “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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“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

 “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.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

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

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

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

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

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 got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?”

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

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

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

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

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

“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.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

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

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

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

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

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

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

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And …
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“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.”

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“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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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.”

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

“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.”

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”