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

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

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“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.”

“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.” 

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

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

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

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

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

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

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

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

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

“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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“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.”

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through–then follow through.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

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

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

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

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

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

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

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

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

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

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

“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 try to be original, just try to be good.”

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

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

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

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

“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.”

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

“Being good is good business.”

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
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“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

“See things in the present, even if they are in the future.”

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

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

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

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

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

 “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.”

“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

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

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

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

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

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

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