Quotes About Success

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

Leadership is defined by results not attributes.

What helps people, helps business.

In order to be happy, human beings must feel they are continuing to grow. Clearly, we must adopt the concept of continuous improvement as a daily principle.

No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy; forceful execution of even a poor plan can often bring victory.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

If you want to be great and successful, choose people who are great and successful and walk side by side with them.

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.

If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.

Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.

It's never crowded along the extra mile.

Winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization.

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence.

Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3.

No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.

Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.

It's lonely at the top, so you better know why you are there.

The learning person looks forward to failure or mistakes. The worst problem in leadership is basically early success.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.