Quotes about Empowering Others

As Frank Laubach says: "The simple program of Christ for winning the whole world is to make each person he touches magnetic enough with love to draw others."13 If we grow our fellowship in this direction, it will naturally affect those around us, whether in the fellowship or not. This kind of love and the "Presence" go with us wherever we go. They cannot be hidden.

To manipulate, drive or manage people is not the same thing as to lead them. To

Anyone who wrestles with an uncertain future on behalf of others—anyone who uses her gifts, talents, and skills to influence the direction of others for the greater good—is a leader. No one is a mere follower. If you are a follower of God, for instance, then you are called to lead. Every believer is called to help someone grow into maturity—and such is the core calling of a leader.

Of course companies need leaders who beam in on getting better results. But those results will be more robust in the long run when leaders don't simply tell people what to do or just do it themselves, but have an other focus: they are motivated to help other people be successful, too.

This is what it means to serve: improving another's life and, in turn, improving the world.

What you do is to teach a hundred what I taught you, and inspire each of them to teach a hundred. That's how it's always done.

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

A measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.

Leadership distilled down to 3 words: Make a difference.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.

Lift others and yourself as you rise above this mess of comparison. Thank God for those who embraced their true selves and gave us gifts that only they could give: from Steve Jobs to Michael Jackson to Ray Charles to Mark Twain. There are so many more, and the list goes on.

You'll know you're amazing when you get devoted to making other people amazing.

I've learned that everyone can do their part to repair the world

We are all here for a reason.I believe the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people thru the darkness.

Take a look around," the instructor had advised. "Ask yourself if there's anyone else who is better qualified to do the job. Not in the entire galaxy, but right there, at that point in time. If the answer is 'yes,' ask them to accept command, and do everything you can to support them. If the answer is 'no,' which it will be ninety-nine percent of the time, then take your best shot. That's all any of us can do.

Behind an able man there are always other able men.

Leaders lead for the joy of creating something bigger than themselves.

You are not a success until you start changing other lives permanently.

Every morning before you get out of bed, say the following: "I expand in abundance, success, and love every day as I inspire those around me to do the same.

Your playing small does not serve the world," said Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech. "Who are you not to be great?

To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

Great leaders don't make excuses. They make things better. They are not unrealistic or blind to the difficulties they face. They simply are not discouraged by them. They never lose confidence that the problems can be solved. They maintain a positive attitude. Great leaders don't blame their people for not being where they ought to be; they take their people from where they are to where they need to be. Great leaders never lose faith that this is possible.