Inspirational Quotes

Leadership

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
-John Quincy Adams
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
-Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Great sea captains are made in rough waters and deep seas”-Kathryn Kulman
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor”-Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The goal of many leaders is to get people to think more highly of the leader. The goal of a great leader is to help people to think more highly of themselves”-J. Carla Nortcutt
“People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”-John C. Maxwell
“Leaders don’t create more followers, they create more leaders.”-Tom Peters
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”-George Patton
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things”-Peter F. Drucker
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”-Albert Schweitzer
“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.”
-Theodore M. Hesburgh
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
-John F. Kennedy
“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”
-Jim Rohn
“The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.”
-John Maxwell
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”
-John Maxwell
“Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way”-Ronald Reagan
“When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter.”-Winston Churchill
“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”-Max Lucado
“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm”-Publilius Syrus
“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.”-Aristotle Onassis
“Two captains sink a ship”-Turkish Proverb
“In calm water, every ship has a good captain”-English proverb
“Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led”-Warren Bennis
“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision”-John Maxwell

Teamwork

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford
“To build a strong team, you must see someone else’s strength as a complement to your weakness and not a threat to your position or authority.” – Christine Caine, activist
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin, founding father
“In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn.” – Phil Collins, musician
“Empathy is simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of you’re not alone.” – Brene Brown, author
“Instead of putting others in their place, put yourself in their place.” – Amish proverb
“Build for your team a sense of oneness, of depending on one another, and of strength to be derived by unity.” – Vince Lombardi, football coach
“There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.” – Lyndon B. Johnson, president
“People you choose to associate with determine a lot of where you’re going in life.” – Steve Harvey, entertainer
“If everyone in the team is making decisions and taking actions together, then you have the right culture for innovation.” — Sandeep Kashyap
“Teamwork makes the dream work.” – John C. Maxwell
“In teamwork, silence isn’t golden; it’s deadly.” — Mark Sanborn
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”- Ryunosuke Satoro
“The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.” – James Cash Penney
“The whole is better than the sum of the parts.” – Kurt Koffka
“In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.” – Lee Iaccoca
”Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can’t miss.” – Lee Iaccoca
“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” – Peter F. Drucker
“Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results.” – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”-Phil Jackson

Diversity

“Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.” – Malcolm Forbes
“You don’t have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.” – Don Lemon
“You do not want to be in a creative organization with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other’s creative egos. You want differences of opinion… constructively.” – Cate Blanchett
“Leadership should be focused on extending the ladder of opportunity for everyone.” – Justin Trudeau
“What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.” – Hillary Clinton
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde
“A diverse mix of voices leads to better discussions, decisions, and outcomes for everyone.” – Sundar Pichai
“Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.” – Verna Myers
“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice be heard.” Liz Fosslien
“All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.” – John F. Kennedy
“What we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our differences until our differences don’t make a difference in how we are treated.” – Yolanda King
“We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.” – Tim Berners-Lee
“Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care … be your best. You dont have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!” –Kim Peek
The path to diversity begins with supporting, mentoring, and sponsoring diverse women and men to become leaders and entrepreneurs.” – Denise Morrison