60 of the best Quotes to help you become a better leader.
1. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
2. A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
3. The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
4. Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will budget or control their spending.
5. The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.
6. Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.
7. Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.
8. A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.
9. Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.
10. The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
11. To add value to others, one must first value others.
12. People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
13. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
14. The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
15. Everything rises and falls on leadership.
16. Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
17. Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.
18. Doing the right thing daily, compounds over time.
19. People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
20. If we are growing, we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.
21. Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.
22. The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.
23. As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me. 24. Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.
25. Time management is an oxymoron [ two words used together that have, or seem to have, opposite meanings]. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.
26. We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.
27. Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.
28. Although it’s admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it’s more desirable to be smart-working.
29. A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
30. The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.
31. Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
32. Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.
33. Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.
34. The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.
35. Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
36. All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.
37. You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise (hate).
38. Have the humility to learn from those around you.
39. Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.
40. Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.
41. Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.
42. Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.
43. We don’t mature momentarily, but over the long-term.
44. Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.
45. The first time you say something, it’s heard. The second time, it’s recognized, and the third time it’s learned.
46. Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.
47. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
48. Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.
49. Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.
50. You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.
51. People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
52. A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
53. Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
54. A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.
55. When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.
56. A leader is great, not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others.
57. A leader with confidence is a leader who brings out positive changes in people.
58. Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
59. You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
60. The sum of all your thoughts comprises your overall attitude.
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