Best leader & motivational Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

Author:Aristotle

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”

“The leader sees things through the eyes of his followers. He puts himself in their shoes and helps them make their dreams come true. The leader does not say, "Get going!" Instead he says, "Let's go!" and leads the way. He does not walk behind with a whip; he is out in front with a banner.”

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Author:Wilferd Peterson

“Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives.”

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Book:Awaken The Giant Within

Source: Awaken The Giant Within

“Would anybody be offended if we gave a $150 million bonus to Gandhi? How about a $250 million bonus to Mother Teresa? Do we have an issue with that? None at all. None at all. Great leaders would never sacrifice the people to save the numbers. They would sooner sacrifice the numbers to save the people.”

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Author:Simon Sinek

“When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice the tangible results, so that the people remain and feel safe and feel like they belong, remarkable things happen.”

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Author:Simon Sinek

“The more intentional you are about your leadership growth, the greater your potential for becoming the leader you're capable of being. Never stop learning.”

Motivational Growth Leader Greater Becoming Capable Never Stop Learning

Book:The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

“Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.”

People Motivational Goal Leader Indispensable

Book:The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

“The english word thanks comes from the same root word as think. Maybe if leaders were more 'think-ful' about the contribution of others, they would be more 'thankful' to them.”

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Book:The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

“Now more than ever I am aware that a person's significant birthdays can either mark the passage of time, or they can mark changes they've made in their lives to reach their potential and become the person they were created to be. With each passing year, I want to make good choices that make me a better person, help me become a better leader, and make a positive impact on others.”

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Author:John C. Maxwell

“Organizations exist to make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. And this is the work of effective leaders.”

People Motivational Leader Weakness Organization Irrelevant

Book:Hesselbein on Leadership

Source: Hesselbein on Leadership

“Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line with you. For that reason, leaders must deliberately slow their pace, stay connected to their people, enlist others to help fulfill the vision, and keep people going. You can't do that if you're running too far ahead of your people.”

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Author:John C. Maxwell

“If you are in a leadership position, do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you. Build relationships. Win people over. Do that and you will never be a lonely leader.”

People Ifs Motivational Winning Leader Position Lonely Titles Rely Convince

Book:The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

“Subordinates look for their bosses to be positive, in good humor, and cheerful. They aren't supposed to be emotional or have bad days. but leaders are guman, too, and when they are in a lousy mood and snap at a subordinate, it can have a devastating effect.”

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Author:Donald T. Phillips

“It is the leader's role to lift followers out of their everyday selves up to a higher level of awareness, motivation, and commitment.”

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Author:Donald T. Phillips

“People are much more likely to trust a leader if they know he is compassionate and forgiving of mistakes.”

People Ifs Knows Motivational Mistake Leader Forgiving Compassionate

Author:Donald T. Phillips

“If subordinates, or people in general, know that they genuinely have easy access to their leader, they'll tend to view the leader in a more positive, trustworthy light.”

People Ifs Knows Light Motivational Easy Views Leader Access Trustworthy Subordinates Easy Access

Author:Donald T. Phillips

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“For centuries, dreams have been used to communicate instruction and direction to people of purpose - great men and women. God used dreams to prepare Joseph for his future as a leader of nations. He gave battle plans to Gideon in a dream. Joan of Arc, Jacob, George Washington, Marie Curie, and the apostle Paul were all guided by their dreams.”

Source: Traveler's Gift; Mastering the Seven Decisions

“It is never the duty of a leader to struggle for someone else; a leader must encourage others to struggle and assure them that the struggles are worthwhile. Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.”

Motivational Challenges Leadership Leader Struggle Duty Battle Prize Our Future Worthwhile Your Future

Book:Traveler's Gift; Mastering the Seven Decisions

Source: Traveler's Gift; Mastering the Seven Decisions

“The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.”

Motivational Leadership Decision Common Leader

Author:Seth Godin

“Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.”

Motivational Difficult Leadership Leader Initiative

Book:Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

“Luck favors the bold. Leaders must fearlessly exploit the Secret of Decisiveness. Act boldly at critical moments.”

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Author:Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“...The final secret is that there is no secret. Devote yourself to your leader. Work hard. Be grateful. Act boldly. Some may deride such suggestions as commonplace, and they'd be right: They are common. But to see them successfully enacted in this world is rare indeed.”

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Author:Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“Be a leader, not a superior.”

Motivational Leadership Leader Superiors

Author:Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“Leaders can be wrong - but they can not be unclear.”

Motivational Leadership Leader Vision Can Not Unclear

Author:Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“Success, cannot be attained alone. Any person's time and power is limited. A wise leader enlists others in working toward organizational goals.”

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Author:Gichin Funakoshi

“No one would starve in independent India. Its grain would not be exported. Cloth would not be imported by it. Its leaders would not use a foreign language and finding justice in it would be neither costly nor difficult.”

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Author:Vallabhbhai Patel

“It's been my experience that the people who gain trust, loyalty, excitement, and energy fast are the ones who pass on the credit to the people who have really done the work. A leader doesnt need any credit... He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway.”

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Author:Robert Townsend

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

Source: The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible

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