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

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

“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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“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

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

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

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

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

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

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”

 “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 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.”

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

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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“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

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

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

“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.”

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

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

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

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

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

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

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

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

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

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

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

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

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

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

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

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

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“Details create the big picture.”

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

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

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

“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.”

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.”

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”

“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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  “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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“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

“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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“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

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

“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.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

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

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

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

“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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“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”