Your job is to create a world that lasts forever. Steven Spielberg
Control your own destiny or someone else will. Jack Welch
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. Jawaharlal Nehru
The truly important events on the outside are not the trends. They are the changes in the trends. These determine ultimately the success or failure of an organization and its efforts. Peter F. Drucker
There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. Elon Musk
Most companies need a “Chief Simplification Officer” more than they need a “Chief Innovation Officer”. Dharmesh Shah (HubSpot)
Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress. Li Keqiang
Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future. Edwin H. Friedman
Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical. John C. Maxwell
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order that is not yet understood. Henry Miller
Standing still = death. The only way to succeed is to be constantly experimenting and innovating. Peter Diamandis
Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation comes from perpendicular thinking. Peter Diamandis
I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting. Larry Page (Google)
Any conversation I have about innovation starts with the ultimate goal. Sergey Brin (Google)
Our industry does not respect tradition. What it respects is innovation. Satya Nadella (Microsoft)
America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. Wilma Mankiller
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck
Building a mission and building a business go hand-in-hand. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. Les Brown
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. Ken Blanchard
We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it. Barack Obama
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative. Woody Allen
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay
It seems like the world is crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity and be ambitious about it. Larry Page (Google)
We see the future not as something out of our control, but as something we can shape for the better through concerted and collective effort. Barack Obama
It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. Larry Page
It may be that those who do most, dream most. Stephen Leacock
Don’t listen to the naysayers. Make sure that you’re working your butt off. Make sure that you have a very clear vision of where you want to go. Don’t shoot for lower goals – shoot for the stars.Arnold Schwarzenegger
You can have the best ship in the world, but if the captain doesn’t know where to go, he’s going to just drift around and is going to get lost. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Something burned inside me. I wanted to be different; I was determined to be unique. I was driven to think big and to dream big. Arnold Schwarzenegger
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Martin Luther King Jr
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. George Patton
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. Henry David Thoreau
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you want to build something great, you should focus on what the change is that you want to make in the world. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
There’s an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. And we’ve always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very, very beginning. Steve Jobs
Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen. Wayne Huizenga
You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself. Diana Ross
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. Walt Disney
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey
You’ll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it’s important in general, but why you’re doing something important that no one else is going to get done. Peter Thiel
Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Bradley Whitford
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. Jack Welch
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. Farrah Gray
Immerse yourself in the energy of what you desire. Hiro Boga
You have to believe that the dots will somehow connect in your future. Steve Jobs
