Quotations
Here are some of my favorite quotes that have influenced my leadership style and thinking:
Act as though it is impossible to fail.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do.
Change before you have to.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Eternal vigilance is the price of mastery
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
I am my clients. I am defined by who I do business with.
Life is not a dress rehearsal - every day is opening night.
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
The devil is in the details, but success is in the systems.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
We cannot solve the problems by thinking at the level at which we’ve created them.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.
Anybody who thinks that they are a leader and doesn’t have anyone following them is just out for a walk.
People are buying only one thing from you: the way the engagement (hiring you, working with you, dating you, using your product or service, learning from you) makes them feel.
We get distracted by what is outside our control…[Success] begins by trying to make each day count …If you sincerely try to make each day a masterpiece, angels can do no better.
What you get by reaching your destination isn’t nearly as important as what you become by reaching that destination
You cannot have something you don’t currently have without doing something you are not currently doing.
You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.