Leaders Motivational Quotes & Sayings

The deficiency of the negro race is not as a result of the deluge number of bad leaders;rather, its is an outcome of the shortage of young negro intellect ready to lead a revolutionary africa. — Victor Adeagbo

The end product of the successful preacher's input is transformation. — Christian Michael

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. — Roy T. Bennett

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. — Tony Robbins

The Word that will change a man must first show the man who he really is. — Christian Michael

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. — Vince Lombardi

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. Great leaders would never sacrifice the people to save the numbers. They would sooner sacrifice the numbers to save the people. — Simon Sinek

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

Great leaders create more leaders, not followers. — Roy T. Bennett

Leaders lead themselves first and foremost. Only then can they act as example and inspiration to others. — Christopher Babson

The Practising Manager's Growth Mantra

-Growth in an enterprise is created through remarkable achievements, not incremental achievements like efficiency or effectiveness.

-Remarkable achievements are possible only in complexity.

-Only volitional engagement can work in complexity. Luckily, there is no certainty in complexity. Hence, motivational engagement cannot work.

-People who make choices based on the purpose can only be volitionally engaged - they are the growth managers, the leaders. — Amit Chatterjee

Great leaders lead by example, not by making an example of others. — Stewart Stafford

True leaders bring out your personal best. They ignite your human potential. — John Paul Warren

Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities. — Roy T. Bennett

Leaders can be wrong - but they can not be unclear. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Religious / Spiritual leaders and motivational speakers tell us to give more of ourselves to get back much more in return but the fact that we start expecting something back in return is in itself a rotten deal for us to push ourselves into.
"Who am I?" is a good question to ask myself when there is nothing else to do with my time. — Suraj Dahal

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. — Donald T. Phillips

A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain. — Max De Pree

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. — John C. Maxwell

Serving my generation with excellence will mean my generation can in turn lead with excellence. — Onyi Anyado

Every great soul had a great mentor. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead. — Seth Godin

Becoming accomplished at what you do is no easy task, nor is the goal reached in a day. The process is time consuming, requires dedication, innovative ideas, meticulous strategizing and can be quite tedious at times. For many, the ultimate objective is to challenge the status quo, change the game, chart unexplored territory, and set a new standard of excellence. Sometimes hitting those marks is its own reward. Seeing others apply your blueprint to construct their own path to success is even more fulfilling. Leaders are motivated by believers! Bask in the imitation of others. After all, it is the highest form of flattery! — Carlos Wallace

Leaders console the world with their speeches, heroes console the world with their actions. — Amit Kalantri

People are attracted to leaders who are skillful in motivating them to become more, do more, and achieve more... — Assegid Habtewold

Your nation needs you. Your world needs you. So, use your education to become endowed with muscles of iron and nerves of steel. — Abhijit Naskar

Great leaders are inspired by a challenge, a need, a problem, an issue that needs to be corrected. — Del Suggs

The true leaders of our time, the legends of this world or the movers of the movers are the towering figures that are blessed with beautiful minds, receptive ears and directing voices. They are the ones we should emulate in life. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Luck favors the bold. Leaders must fearlessly exploit the Secret of Decisiveness. Act boldly at critical moments. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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. — Vallabhbhai Patel

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. — Barack Obama

Leaders is the new organisation do not lack motivational tools, but the tools are different from those of traditional corporate bureaucrats. The new rewards are based not on status but on contribution, and they consist not of regular promotion and automatic pay rises, but of excitement about the mission and a share of the glory of success. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

...Bad leaders are known to destroy one, more or even all of the foundations of their people's way of life... — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

World Class leaders know the secret to motivating themselves and others is discovering what they will fight for when the going gets rough. — Steve Siebold

He who loves his job, will own it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON. — John Paul Warren

When people can see which direction the leaders are going in it becomes easier to motivate them. — Lakshmi Mittal

When you practice leadership,The evidence of quality of your leadership, Is known from the type of leaders that emerge out of your leadership — Sujit Lalwani

There are two kinds of leaders, cowboys and Shepherds. Cowboys drive and Shepherds lead. — John Paul Warren

A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity. — Todd Stocker