A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
J. P. Morgan
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
관현악단을 지휘하기 원하는(want to lead the orchestra) 사람은 대중에게 등을 돌려야(must turn his back on the crowd) 한다.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
Jim Rohn
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Steve Jobs
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
W. Clement Stone
Clarity affords focus.
Thomas Leonard
Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
Barbara Sher
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
John D. Rockefeller
Don’t find fault, find a remedy.
Henry Ford
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Stephen Covey
궂은 일이 있으면 기쁜 일도 있다(every cloud has a silver lining).
쥐구엉에도 볕들 날 있다((every dog has his day).
Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
Nolan Bushnell
Get the best people and train them well.
Scott McNealy
Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.
Tom Hopkins
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Jim Rohn
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.
볼 수 있는 데까지 가라(go as far as you can see). 거기에 도착하면(when you get there) 더 멀리 볼 수 있을(will be able to see farther) 것이다.
Good enough never is.
Debbi Fields
Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.
Paul Hawken
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
Sun Tzu
High expectations are the key to everything.
Sam Walton
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher
How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.
태도는 마음의 창이다(attitudes are mirrors of the mind).
I look for what needs to be done. After all, that’s how the universe designs itself.
R. Buckminster Fuller
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
기회의 창이 열리거든(if a window of opportunity appears) 차양을 내리지 마라(don’t pull down the shade).
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
William James
If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully.
Thomas Fuller
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn’t any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man’s greatest asset.
Harvey S. Firestone
If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.
Henry Ford
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
William James
In fair weather prepare for foul.
날씨가 좋을 때(in fair weather) 안 좋은 날을 대비해라(prepare for foul).
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve Jobs
It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.
Michael Eisner
Leaders grasp nettles.
David Ogilvy
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
John C. Maxwell
Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
Harold S. Geneen
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
Harold S. Geneen
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Warren G. Bennis
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
행운은 땀의 배당금이다(Luck is a dividend of sweat). 땀을 더 흘릴수록(the more you sweat) 더 운이 좋아진다(the luckier you get).
Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
Peter Drucker
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
수많은 사람들이 사과가 떨어지는 것을 보았다(see the apple fall). 하지만 뉴턴이 왜냐고 물었던 유일한 사람(the only one who asked why)이다.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
Duke Ellington
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
W. Clement Stone
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
Andrew Carnegie
Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
Ralph W. Sockman
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
E. Joseph Cossman
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.
E. Joseph Cossman
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
Peter Drucker
People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
Thomas Sowell
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
어려운 문제는 작업복을 입은 기회(an opportunity in work clothes)이다.
Strong convictions precede great actions.
James Freeman Clarke
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
Barbara Sher
The cautious seldom err.
Confucius
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
J. Paul Getty
The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
Vaclav Havel
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
Andrew Carnegie
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Charles de Gaulle
The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
Ken Olsen
The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
Harvey S. Firestone
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
Mary Kay Ash
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Henry A. Kissinger
The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.
Cyril Falls
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
David Joseph Schwartz
To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.
Aristotle Onassis
To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.
John H. Johnson
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
Margaret Fuller
What helps people, helps business.
Leo Burnett
Whatever ought to be, can be.
James Rouse
When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.
Roy E. Disney
Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.
Bo Bennett
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
Major Owens
You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.
An Wang
You have to think anyway, so why not think big?
Donald Trump
You’re only as good as the people you hire.
Ray Kroc
Your most dangerous competitors are those that are most like you.
당신의 가장 위험한 경쟁자들(your most dangerous competitors)은당신과 가장 비슷한 사람들(those that are most like you)이다.