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

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

“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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“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

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

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

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

“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.”

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

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

“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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“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.”

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

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

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

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

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

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

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader”

“The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves to that as a matter …
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“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

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

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

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

“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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“If you think you are leading, and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”

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

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

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

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

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

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?”

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

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

“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.”

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

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

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

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

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

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

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

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

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

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

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“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.”

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

 “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.”

“You manage things; you lead people.”

“Change before you have to.”

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

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

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

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

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

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

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

“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.”

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

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.”

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

“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.”

“There is no progress without change.”

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”