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

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

“Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s …
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“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

“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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“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

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

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

“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.”

“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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“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

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

“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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“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.”

 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.”

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

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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

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

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

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

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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

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

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

“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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“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

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

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

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

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

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

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

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

“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.”

“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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“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.”

“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.”

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

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.”

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

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

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

 “There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“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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“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”

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

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

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

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

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

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

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

“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 …
Continue reading Nelson Mandela

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

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

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

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”