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

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

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

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

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

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 highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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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“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 way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

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

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

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.” 

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“Dont blow off anothers candle for it wont make yours shine brighter.” 

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

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

“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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“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

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

“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.

“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.”

“You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.”

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

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

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

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

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

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

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

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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 …
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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.”

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

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

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

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

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

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

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

“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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“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

“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.”

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

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

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

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