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Quotes About Motivation

Leadership is about calling people to do things beyond themselves.
~ David Gergen
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
~ Warren G. Bennis
Leadership is the art of creating a working climate that inspires others to achieve extraordinary goals and levels of performance.
~ John Michael Montgomery
Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.
~ Orrin Woodward
In the end, leadership is not intellectual or cognitive. Leadership is emotional.
~ Judith M Bardwick
Leaders have to be dealers in hope.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.
~ Warren G. Bennis
Leadership is the ability to get a person to do what you want him to do, when you want it done, in a way you want it done, because he wants to do it.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
The essence of leadership is the capacity to build and develop the self-esteem of the workers.
~ Irwin Federman
But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.
~ Bear Bryant
The #1 reasons are unsuccessful is their inability to lead themselves.
~ Johnny Hunt
When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of succeeding.
~ Shawn Achor
If leadership is about anything, it's about leading. Not leading people back to where they already are, because they don't need that. They're already there.
~ Robert Reich
One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.
~ Brian Tracy
If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness.
~ Jeff Henderson
Imagine a place where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude every day.
~ Stephen C. Lundin
You cannot cast a vision that has not cast a spell over you.
~ Derwin L. Gray
At its core, I believe leadership is about instilling confidence in others.
~ Howard Schultz
Leadership is Idealism in Action.
~ Sathya Sai Baba
Leadership is what you need to learn next
~ Robert Kiyosaki
A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.
~ Philip Sidney
Successful people willingly do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.
~ John Spence
The difference between mere management and leadership is communication.
~ Winston Churchill
Leadership is the power of one harnessing the power of many.
~ John C. Maxwell