“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

“Change before you have to.”

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

 “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.”

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

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

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

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

“To add value to others, one must first value others.” 

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

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

“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.”

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

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

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

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Theres no luck in business. Theres only drive, determination, and more drive.” 

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

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

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

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

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

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

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

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

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

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; …
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“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

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

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

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

“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.’”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

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

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

“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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“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

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

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

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

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”

“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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“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

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

“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

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.”

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

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

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

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