“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”

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

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

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

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

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

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

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

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

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

“I cant imagine a person becoming a success who doesnt give this game of life everything hes got.”

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

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“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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“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“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.”

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

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

 “If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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.”

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

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

“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”

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

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

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

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

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

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

“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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“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.”

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

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

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

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”

“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If youre not passionate enough from the start, youll never stick …
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“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

“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 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.

“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.”

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

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

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“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.”

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

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

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

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

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

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

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

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

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

“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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“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.”

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

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

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

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”

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

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

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

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

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

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

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

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

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”