“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

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

“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.’”

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”

“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.”

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

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

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

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

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

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

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

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

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

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

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

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

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

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

“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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“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

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

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.”

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

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

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

 “Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.” 

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

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

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

“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.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

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

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

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

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

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

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

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

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

Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“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.”

“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”.

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

“No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.”

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

“In a world thats changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

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.”

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

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

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

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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

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

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

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

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

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

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

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

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

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

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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