Quotes on Success

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.

Success is not something to wait for, it is something to work for.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.

Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.

Treat people well on your way up and they'll treat you well on your way down.

Success lies in a masterful consistency around a few fundamentals. It really is simple. Not easy. But simple.

Take care of your relationships and the sales/money will take care of itself.

The business (and person) who tries to be everything to everyone ends up being nothing to anyone.

All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers.

Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.

The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.

Nothing fails like success. Because when you are at the top, it's so easy to stop doing the very things that brought you to the top.

The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily.

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.

It generally takes about 10 years to become an overnight sensation.

Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.

Leadership is no longer about position - but passion. It's no longer about image but impact. This is Leadership 2.0.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

There has been something crude and heartless and unfeeling in our haste to suceed and be great. Our thought has been 'Let every man look out for himself, let every generation look out for itself,' while we reared giant machinery which made it impossible that any but those who stood at the levers of control should have a chance to look out for themselves.