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

 “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.”

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

I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?”

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

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

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

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

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

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

“There is no progress without change.”

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

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

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

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

If The World Says “No”, You Say “Next”… Never Give Up

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

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

“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

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

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

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

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.”

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

“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.”

“Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.”

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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.”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

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

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

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

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“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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“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

“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.”

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

“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.”

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.”

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

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

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

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

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

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

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

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“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.”

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

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

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

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

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

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

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

“The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

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