Emotions are not a choice. Behavior is. Mark Manson
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. Lao Tzu
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Lao Tzu
A strong leader avoids becoming over-confident to the point of impaired judgment. Daniel Lubetzky
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are
born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts
that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not.
That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather
than born. Warren Bennis
If I won’t be myself, who will? Alfred Hitchcock
Fear is a useless emotion. Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Michelle Obama
Whether you come from a council estate or a country
estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and
fortitude. Michelle Obama
Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. Michelle Obama
It’s time you realized that you have something in you
more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make
you dance like a puppet. Marcus Aurelius
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. Carl von Clausewitz
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. Ray Kroc
Know your core competencies and focus on being great at them. Mark Cuban
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another. Mark Manson
You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And
in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a limited
amount of fucks to give. Very few, in fact. And if you go around giving a
fuck about everything and everyone without conscious thought or choice –
well, then you’re going to get fucked. Mark Manson
To be authentic is literally to be your own author, to
discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own
way of acting on them. Warren Bennis
The most important quality in a leader is integrity: doing the right thing even when it’s hard. Mary Barry (GM)
Every leader has the responsibility to hone his or her
integrity. Many times, there are integrity traps that have a tendency to
catch well-meaning leaders off guard. Travis Bradberry
Being a leader requires being confident enough in your
own decisions and those of your team to own them when they fail. The
very best leaders take the blame but share the credit. Travis Bradberry
Everybody’s got a past. The past does not equal the future unless you live there. Tony Robbins
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut
When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am. Michelle Obama
Just be true to yourself, don’t try to put on airs and graces or pretend to be something your not. Gordon Tredgold
People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they’re doing something differently than everyone else. Tony Robbins
When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier. Roy E. Disney
The most fulfilled and effective people I know –
world-famous creatives, billionaires, thought leaders, and more – look
at their life’s journey as perhaps 25 percent finding themselves and 75
percent creating themselves. Tim Ferriss
If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’
then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. Vincent Van
Gogh
Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. Barbara Corcoran
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. Henry Ford
Trust the still, small voice that says, ‘this might work and I’ll try it’. Diane Mariechild
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. Nancy D. Solomon
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy. Martin Luther King Jr
Scientists have shown that achievement depends less on
ability in doing research than on the courage to go after opportunity.
Peter F. Drucker
Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to
preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a
reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything
or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in
season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas
and their advocates, and bear the consequences. Susan B. Anthony
But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you
are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict. Ronald
Heifetz
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. Amelia Earhart
Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. Charles Swindoll
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. Nancy D. Solomon
Not taking failures personally allows us to recover – and even to thrive. Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook)
You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. Sheryl Sandberg
Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy. Barack Obama
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran
Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for. Mark Manson
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas Edison
Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear. Martin Luther King Jr
I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare. Maya Angelou
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein
Good things come to those who initiate. Susan RoAne
When it’s tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless? Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Jack Canfield
I’m not the bravest or smartest person, but I’m
courageous enough to dream big, challenge myself and take bold risks.
Richard Branson
Progress will come in fits and starts. It’s not always a straight line. It’s not always a smooth path. Barack Obama
It is impossible to be a maverick or a true original if
you’re too well behaved and don’t want to break the rules. You have to
think outside the box. Arnold Schwarzenegger
You can’t be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will
never push yourself. You keep pushing because you believe in yourself
and in your vision and you know that it is the right thing to do, and
success will come. So don’t be afraid to fail. Arnold Schwarzenegger
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of
challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr
Wisdom equals knowledge plus courage. You have to not
only know what to do and when to do it, but you have to also be brave
enough to follow through. Jarod Kintz
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anaïs Nin
Courage is grace under pressure. Ernest Hemingway
No pressure, no diamonds. Thomas Carlyle
All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite a lot! Dr. Seuss
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony. Douglas Coupland
You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations. Stevie Wonder
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway. Eleanor Roosevelt
If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company. Jean-Paul Sartre
Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and
thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight. Faye
Wattleton
Leaders should be able to stand alone, take the heat, bear the pain, tell the truth, and do what’s right. Max De Pree
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert’s advice. James Callaghan
I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations. Bill Watterson
I do know one thing about me: I don’t measure myself by others’ expectations or let others define my worth. Sonia Sotomayor
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a
man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Stephen R. Covey
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Leo Buscaglia
Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations. Ryunosuke Satoro
Peace begins when expectation ends. Sri Chinmoy
One always expects something else. Erich Maria Remarque
We live as we dream – alone… Joseph Conrad
Being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right. Charles Bukowski
Great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Don’t be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond. Nicky Gumbel
A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure. Henry A. Kissinger
Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it. Tim Fargo
If you want to find the real competition, just look in
the mirror. After awhile you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second
place. Criss Jami
Don’t ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure. Joe Maddon
The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself. Mark Messier
Pressure is what you feel when you don’t know what’s going on. Chuck Noll
You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second. Florence Welch
There are no road signs to help navigate. And in fact, no
one has yet determined which side of the road we’re supposed to be on.
Steve Case
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us
back to ourselves – there lies the great, singular power of
self-respect. Joan Didion
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. Bruce Lee
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself. James Brown
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine. Honoré de Balzac
All great and precious things are lonely. John Steinbeck
One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of
expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work
through it all. V. S. Naipaul
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the
courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the
needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by
the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. Douglas
MacArthur
Expectations are dangerous when they are both too high and unformed. Lionel Shriver
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel
Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone. Roy T. Bennett
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
I have had a lot of setbacks that I have learned from. Susan Wojcicki (Youtube)
Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them. Marissa Meyer (Google, Yahoo)
A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our
countries and companies and men ran half our homes. Sheryl Sandberg
(Facebook)
Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good, that you can make the world a better place. Sheryl Sandberg
I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person
into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership
and vision. Angela Ahrendts (Apple Retail Business)
To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark – in a way that
you think is important and lasting – that’s a life well-lived. Laurene
Powell Jobs (American businesswoman, widow of Steve Jobs)
We are responsible for each other. I am trying to
convince doubters. There is still work to do. Angela Merkel (German
politician)
It does not make sense that everybody should duplicate
efforts when we could be working together. Theresa May (British
politician)
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But
the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. Melinda
Gates (American philanthropist)
Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common. Melinda Gates
If you do every job like you’re going to do it for the
rest of your life, that’s when you get noticed. Mary Barra (CEO of
General Motors)
Even a small reduction in errors and rework can have a significant impact. Abigail Johnson (Fidelity Investments)
Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly,
just harness your power to your passion. Oprah Winfrey (American media
proprietor)
Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey
To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It’s about
stimulating them. It’s about enabling them to achieve what they can
achieve – and to do that with a purpose. Christine Lagarde
(International Monetary Fund)
The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake. Meg Whitman (American business executive)
It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if
you’re properly trained. Queen Elizabeth II (Queen of the United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand since 6 February 1952)
Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. Hillary Clinton (American statesman)
As more and more women, men and young people raise their
voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders
take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens. Michelle
Bachelet (Chile)
‘Never look back’ is my philosophy. Helen Clark (New Zealand)
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all
of the power we need inside ourselves already. J.K. Rowling (Harry
Potter)
There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so
much history yet to be made. Michelle Obama (ex first lady of
United-States)
We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list. Michelle Obama
To achieve something meaningful, you need to know where
you are heading and be willing to train hard to get there. Arianna
Huffington (Greek American author)
I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to
decide that for myself. Emma Watson (British actress, activist, Harry
Potter)
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. Gloria Steinem (American feminist and activist)
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the
excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
Gloria Steinem
Greatness is consistency driven by a deep love of the work. Maria Popova Maria Popova (Bulgarian-born writer, brainpickings.org)
A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. Golda Meir (Israeli teacher)
Turbulence is the beginning of a fruitful process of transformation. Indra Nooyi (PepsiCo)
We realize the importance of our voices only when we are
silenced. Malala Yousafzai (Pakistani activist, youngest Nobel Prize
laureate)
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa (Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary)
No one can grow if he does not accept his smallness. Pope Francis (266th Pope of the Catholic Church)
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone
planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett (American business
magnate, second-highest amount given to charity ($30.7 billion) among
the greatest philanthropists)
Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. Bill Clinton (42nd President of the United States)
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if
you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. Dalai Lama (real name
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama)
If you can’t tolerate critics, don’t do anything new or interesting. Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com)
A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can’t. Jack Ma (Alibaba)
It doesn’t matter how great your original product or idea
is, if you can’t build a great company, then your product will not
endure. Brian Chesky (Airbnb)
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX)
Leadership should be focused on extending the ladder of opportunity for everyone. Justin Trudeau (23rd Prime Minister of Canada)
In order to remain relevant, you must establish yourself
as a thought leader in your industry. Marc BenioffMarc Benioff
(Salesforce)
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. Napoleon Bonaparte (French statesman and military leader)
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. Napoleon Bonaparte
The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating
or showing vulnerability… When the leader demonstrates vulnerability and
sensibility and brings people together, the team wins. Howard Schultz
(Starbucks)
I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good,
then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too
long. Just figure out what’s next. Steve Jobs (Apple)
The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena. Tim Cook (Apple)
Abundance is not about providing everyone on this planet
with a life of luxury—rather it’s about providing all with a life of
possibility. Peter Diamandis (X Prize Foundation, Greek American
engineer)
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to
test a man’s character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln (16th President
of the United States)
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. Thomas Paine (English-born American political activist)
You have as much laughter as you have faith. Martin Luther (German professor of theology, composer, priest, and monk)
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of
the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything
about it. Albert Einstein (German-born theoretical physicist)
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an
ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become
dirty. Mahatma Gandhi (Indian activist, leader of the Indian
independence movement against British rule)
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Buddha (sage, on
whose teachings Buddhism was founded)
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato (Greek philosopher)
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. Confucius (Chinese teacher)
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States)
What worries you, masters you. John Locke (English philosopher and physician)
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories. Sun Tzu (Chinese general, military strategist)
I am the captain of my soul. Nelson Mandela (South African anti-apartheid revolutionary)
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy,
everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes
commitment and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. Barack
Obama (44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017)
If you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can
get ahead, no matter where you come from, what you look like or who you
love. Barack Obama
It is absolutely necessary… for me to have persons that
can think for me, as well as execute orders. George Washington (first
President of the United States from 1789 to 1797)
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if
you wish to keep them in working order. John Adams (second President of
the United States from 1797-1801)
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were
watching. Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States from
1801 to 1809)
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more,
do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams (sixth
President of the United States from 1825 to 1829)
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened
the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be
tough. Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of the United States from
1933 until his death in 1945)
You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s
assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th President of the
United States from 1953 to 1961)
The supreme quality of leadership is integrity. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. John F.
Kennedy (35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his
assassination in November 1963)
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. John F. Kennedy
The greater our knowledge increases, the more our ignorance unfolds. John F. Kennedy
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. John F. Kennedy
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction. John F. Kennedy
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. John F. Kennedy
Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. John F. Kennedy
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that
the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. John F. Kennedy
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy
Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what
is right. Lyndon B Johnson (36th President of the United States from
1963 to 1969)
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. Ronald Reagan (40th President of the United States from
1981 to 1989)
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in
order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with
a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the
world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. Woodrow
Wilson (28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921)
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the
key to unlocking our potential. Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of
the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955)
Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990)
Good leaders must first become good servants. Robert Greenleaf
Part 1. Our society is founded on a very limited
definition of power, namely wealth, professional success, fame, physical
strength, military might, and political control. Thich Nhat Hanh
Part 2. My dear friends, I suggest that there is another
kind of power, a greater power: the power to be happy right in the
present moment, free from addiction, fear, despair, discrimination,
anger and ignorance. Thich Nhat Hanh
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the
self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s
amazing what they can accomplish. Sam Walton (Wal-Mart)
I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people. John Hume
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy
The less you talk, the more people think about your words. Unknown
If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn’t call it genius. Michelangelo
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. Thomas Edison
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Seuss
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not
be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under
them. Henry David Thoreau
All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Leaders aren’t born they are made. And they are made just
like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have
to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. Vince Lombardi
The challenge of leadership is to be strong but not rude;
be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be humble, but not
timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. Jim
Rohn
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give
you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody. Herbert
B. Swope
You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. Ken Kesey
Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity. Reed Markham
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. John Maxwell
Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday.
I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out ok.
I do not adopt softness towards others because I want to make them better.
The doers are the major thinkers. The people that really
create the things that change this industry are both the thinker and
doer in one person.
You can build your own things that other people can use. And once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.
Once you discover one simple fact, and that is everything
around you that you call life, was made up by people that were no
smarter than you.
I always advise people – Don’t wait! Do something when you are young, when you have nothing to lose, and keep that in mind.
That’s why we started Apple, we said you know, we have
absolutely nothing to lose. I was 20 years old at the time, Woz was
24-25, so we have nothing to lose. We have no families, no children, no
houses. Woz had an old car. I had a Volkswagen van, I mean, all we were
going to lose is our cars and the shirts off our back.
We he had everything to gain. And we figured even if we
crash and burn, and lose everything, the experience will have been worth
ten times the cost.
That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity.
The most precious thing that we all have with us is time.
The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.
On the blue box: That was what we learned: was that us,
too, we didn’t know much. We could build a little thing that could
control a giant thing and that was an incredible lesson.
Believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart.
Don’t take it all too seriously. If you want to live your
life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too
much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever
you were and throw them away.
I don’t care about being right. I care about success and doing the right thing.
One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.
People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.
We were really working fourteen-to-eighteen-hour days,
seven days a week. For like, two years, three years. That was our life.
But we loved it, we were young, and we could do it.
You have to trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
People judge you on your performance, so focus on the
outcome. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an
environment where excellence is expected.
You have to believe that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
