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“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 others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”

“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

“Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“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.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.”

“Winners never quit and quitters never win.”

“Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

“Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.”

“The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.”

“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

“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.”

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”