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

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”

“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.”

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

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

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

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

“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 highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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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“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

“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.

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

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

“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.”

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

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

“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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“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

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

“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 is no progress without change.”

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

“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

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

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

“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.”

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

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

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

“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”.

“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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“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.” 

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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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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.”

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

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”

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

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

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

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

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

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”

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

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

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

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

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

“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader”

“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.”

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

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

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

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

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

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

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

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

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

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

“I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

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

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

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

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

 “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.”

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”