Strategy Motivational Quotes

"Study the past, if you would divine the future."

"We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number, so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose."

"Today’s ‘best practices’ lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried."

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax."

"Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It’s about saying no to all but the most crucial features."

"If you want to create and capture lasting value, don’t build an undifferentiated commodity business."

"What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you-what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind-you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy."

"You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem."

"The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas, but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive."

"You must recognize what you are about to do, highlight what you do not like about it, and spend time visualizing each and every obstacle you can."

"If you can outsource something or not do something for less than your hourly rate, outsource it or don't do it."

"I'm not going to continue knocking on that old door that doesn't open for me. I'm going to create my own door and walk through that."

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

"Good business demands tough decisions based on rigorous analysis and unwavering follow-through. Emotion can't really play a part."

"We've been making our own opportunities, and as you prove your worth and value to people, they can't put you in a box. You hustle it into happening, right?"

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"Opportunity does not knock; it presents itself when you beat down the door."

"The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived."

"Change your thoughts, change your life!"

"When nothing goes right, go left."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

"If the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal."

"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win."

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy."

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."