What better strategy can there be than to learn from some of the world’s best marketing minds? When you leverage ideas from a recognized authority that gives you insight you didn’t have, you are tapping into some real think power that can change your perspective. It’s also a great way to test your best thinking against the best thinkers. Here are some of my favorites.

Quote #1:
“No great marketing decisions have ever been made on quantitative data”
   – John Scully

Quote #2:
“Unless your campaign has a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night”
   – David Ogilvy

Quote #3:
“Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business”
   – Warren Buffett

Quote #4:
“A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one”
   – Henry Ford

Quote #5:
"If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner."
   – Zig Ziglar

Quote #6:
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
   – Peter Drucker

Quote #7:
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
   – Thomas Jefferson

Quote #8:
"Without promotion something terrible happens… Nothing!"
   – P.T. Barnum

Quote #9:
“Marketing takes days to learn. Unfortunately it takes a lifetime to master”
   – Philip Kotle

Quote #10:
“Leadership is not the end of a positioning program. It’s only the start. Leaders are in the best position to exploit opportunities as they arise.”
   – Jack Trout