Quotes About Motivation

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Leadership is no longer about your position. It's now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference You can lead without a title

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.

Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune

If only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Leaders are those who empower others.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

The highest calling of leadership is to unlock the potential of others.