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

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution …
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The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

“Success isnt just about what you accomplish in your life; its about what you inspire others to do.”

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

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

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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

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

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

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

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

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

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

 “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

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

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.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.”

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

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

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you’re in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

“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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“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
Continue reading Theodore Roosevelt

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

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

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

“See things in the present, even if they are in the future.”

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

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out …
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“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

“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.”

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

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

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

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

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

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

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

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

“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.’”

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

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

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

“You’re smart, you’re a survivor; use your intelligence and instincts to get to a better position than the one you’re in now”.

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

“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 …
Continue reading Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, and former Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.

“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.”

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

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