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

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

  “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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“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.”

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

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

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

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

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

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

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

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.”

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

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

“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

“There is no progress without change.”

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

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

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

“Change before you have to.”

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

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

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

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

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

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

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“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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“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

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

“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

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

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

“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.”

“Details create the big picture.”

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

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

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

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

“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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“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“Business is all about the customer; what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and …
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“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.”

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

 “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.”

“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.” 

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

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

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

“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.”

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

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

“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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“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”