Quotes About Inspiration

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

Leadership is not just about giving energy ... it's unleashing other people's energy.

Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.

Leadership is building a bridge that connects the vision with the purpose, in order to empower those who are around us.

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.

The Function of Leadership is to produce more Leaders, Not more Followers.

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

Every generation of children offers mankind the possibility of rebuilding his ruin of a world.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Popularity is not leadership.

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility.

True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group.

Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.

Leadership is providing inspiration and vision, then developing and empowering others to achieve this vision.