1. “Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.” — Anthony Volodkin, founder of Hype Machine
2. “Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.” — Jeffrey Zeldman, A List Apart Publisher
3. “There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” — Sam Walton, founder of Wal Mart
4. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” —Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO
5. “Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.” — Paula Abdul, entertainer
6. “If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.” — B. C. Forbes, Forbes founder
7. “An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.” — Jack Welch, CEO of GE
8. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company founder
9. “If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.” — Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon
10. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
11. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” — Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple
12. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder
13. “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” — Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder
14. “As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” —Donald Trump, President of The Trump Organization
15. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney, co-founder of Walt Disney Productions