Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs

"The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."

— Henry Ford

"Being RICH is a good thing."

— Mark Cuban

"The Stone Age did not end because of a lack of stone. It ended because bronze tools became cheaper."

— Andrew Hoskinson, Rocky Moutain News

"You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it."

— Alex Morrison

"Money and power aren't enough - to live the lives we truly want and deserve, and not just the lives we settle for, we need a Third Metric."

— Arianna Huffington

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no help at all."

— Dale Carnegie

"True success should be measured by how happy you are."

— Richard Branson

"It is nice to feel like you made a difference, inventing something or raising kids or helping people in need."

— Bill Gates

"It is during our last moments that we must focus to see the light."

— Aristotle Onassis

"Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change."

— Richard Branson

"I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars, there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom that comes with that. But once you get much beyond that, I have to tell you, it's the same hamburger."

— Bill Gates

"I firmly believe the moment you stop learning is the moment you stop living."

— Aashish Dalal,

"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."

— Henry Ford

"Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method and abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it."

— Henry Ford

"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us out in marching onward."

— Henry Ford

"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses"

— Henry Ford

"Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success."

— Arianna Huffington

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

— Henry Ford

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."

— Henry Ford

"We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve."

— Bill Gates

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."

— Steve Jobs.

"When fate hands you a lemon make a lemonade."

— Dale Carnegie

"I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot."

— Bill Gates

"What you believe affects what you achieve."

— Bill Gates

"Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is important."

— Mark Cuban

"I want to define success by redefining it. For me it isn't that solely mythical definition ' glamour, allure, power of wealth, and the privilege from care. Any definition of success should be personal because it's so transitory. It's about shaping my own destiny."

— Anita Roddick

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

— Dale Carnegie

"We're in a world now where it's not enough to be smart. You have to be curious."

— Barry Charles Diller, Fox Broadcasting Company

"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion."

— Dale Carnegie

"Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is what is important."

— Mark Cuban

"Our thoughts make us what we are."

— Dale Carnegie

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."

— Henry Ford

"Let's execute along this strategy, but know that we'll probably get some of this wrong, so be open to changing it."

— A.G. Lafley

"While life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."

— Henry Ford

"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving."

— Dale Carnegie

"While we tend to think of success along two metrics- money and power, we need to add a third -a third measure of success that goes beyond the two metrics of money and power, and consists of four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving."

— Arianna Huffington

"One who fears failure limits his activities."

— Henry Ford

"Intelligence is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To walk into a situation, have something explained to you and immediately say, "Well, what about this?"To ask an insightful question. To absorb it in real time. A capacity to remember. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective."

— Bill Gates

"It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure."

— Bill Gates

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."

— Henry Ford

"The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage."

— Arie de Geus

"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."

— Dale Carnegie

"Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision. I never imagined what an incredible and important company would spring from those original ideas."

— Bill Gates

"When we talk about a 'successful' person,'some people think we're typically talking about someone who's got billions in their bank account, success is about happiness not wealth."

— Richard Branson

"Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intelligently."

— Henry Ford

"If you act like you're rich, you'll get rich."

— Adnan Koashoggi

"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own."

— Henry Ford

"We're going to democratize the automobile."

— Henry Ford

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business."

— Henry Ford

"My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me. I have fun running all the Virgin businesses-so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve."

— Richard Branson

"All human beings are very creative, full of potential, full of energy"

— Muhammad Yunus

"Success is about pursuing your passion and making an impact in the world"

— Barbara Premo

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

— Bill Gates