Quotes About Inspiration

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.

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.

I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in others.

You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

Leadership does not mean domination.

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.

Leadership is the self-confidence of working with people smarter than you.

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.

Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire.

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