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

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

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

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

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

“In a world thats changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

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

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

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

“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

 “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.”

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

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

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

“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

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

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

“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.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

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

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

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

“There is no progress without change.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

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

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

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

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

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

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“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.”

“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.’”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

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