Good Quotes
My whole life I’ve always enjoyed reading quotes and quips on various topics. I think I learned this from my father. When I was playing football he would always have a good quote for me to lift my spirits and keep me working toward my goals. I have an entire notebook at home with quotes, but here are a few I found recently online. I’ll add more as I find them.
Winners form the habit of concentrating on what they want to have happen. Losers concentrate on what they don’t want to have happen. In pressure situations winners call up past wins, losers call up past losses. Both are self-fulfilling.
“Authentic leaders understand that leading is about serving others.”
—Bill George, Professor at Harvard Business School
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
—Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple
“The essence of leadership today is to make sure that the organization knows itself. There are certain durable principles that underlie an organization. The leader should embody those values. They’re fundamental. But they have nothing to do with business strategy, tactics, or market share. They have to do with human relationships and the obligation of the organization to its individual members and its customers.”
—Mort Meyerson, chairman and CEO, Perot Systems
“You know, we don’t grow most of the food we eat. We wear clothes other people make. We speak a language that other people developed. We use a mathematics that other people evolved… I mean, we’re constantly taking things. It’s a wonderful, ecstatic feeling to create something that puts it back in the pool of human experience and knowledge.”
—Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple
“The joy I feel when I discover a piece of music I love is magic. It’s my religion.”
—Tim Westergren, founder, Pandora
“To me business isn’t about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It’s about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.” —Richard Branson
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
—Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple