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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

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

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

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

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” 

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

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

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

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

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

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

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to …
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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.”

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

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

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

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

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

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

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

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

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

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

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

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

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

“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

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

“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.

“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.”

“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.”

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

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 satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“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.”

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“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.”

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

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

“Creativity without Strategy is called Art. Creativity with Strategy is called Advertising.”

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

“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 difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

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

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

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

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

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

“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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“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

“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.”

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

“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.” 

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

“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”.

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

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

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

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