Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Monday, 19 October 2015
50 Quotes on Leadership Every Entrepreneur Should Follow
Every entrepreneur knows that the success of their business ultimately rests on their shoulders. Yes, the product you build and the team you hire are important, but your ability to lead is what carries your company. With that kind of pressure, it’s easy to feel stressed, lonely and overwhelmed at times. Every great leader has faced a challenge that defined their greatness, which is why we often turn to their advice when needed. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business owner, or team leader, here are 50 inspirational quotes on leadership for when you need a little pep talk.
1. "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." – Rosalynn Carter
2. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” - Lao Tzu
3. "It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse." - Adlai E. Stevenson II
4. "Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand." – Colin Powell
5. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.” - Max DePree
6. "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." – John Quincy Adams
7. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” - Napoleon Bonaparte
8. "A leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." - Nelson Mandela
9. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” - Aristotle
10. "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1. "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." – Rosalynn Carter
2. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” - Lao Tzu
3. "It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse." - Adlai E. Stevenson II
4. "Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand." – Colin Powell
5. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.” - Max DePree
6. "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." – John Quincy Adams
7. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” - Napoleon Bonaparte
8. "A leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." - Nelson Mandela
9. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” - Aristotle
10. "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Saturday, 13 April 2013
11 Inspiring Quotes From Sir Richard Branson
The iconic Virgin Group founder seems to have done it all. Now he explains to Inc. how to start a company from pennies, when to "snoop around," and his trouble saying "no."
1. "A business can be started with very little money."
2. "Consider getting smaller in order to get bigger."
3. "You can be a David vs. a Goliath, if you get it right."
4. "A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better."
5. "Unless you dream, you're not going to achieve anything."
6. "You can get too close with a doctor, or banker, and not realize you should actually snoop around."
7. "Detail is very important."
8. "You can create a business, choose a name, but unless people know about it you're not going to sell any products."
9. "Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis."
10. "Protect against the worst eventualities. Make sure you know what they are."
11. "I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure."
Friday, 5 April 2013
18 Inspirational Quotes for Spring
Spring is the time of rebirth and inspiration. Here are some amazing quotes to help you start the season with a refreshed outlook.
1. It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.">br> Lucille Ball
2. "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Theodore Roosevelt
3. "Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself."
George Bernard Shaw
Thursday, 7 June 2012
27 Bits of Wisdom from 2012 Commencement Addresses
At Goucher College last month (May 2012), Ira Glass said that commencement speakers “give stock advice, which is then promptly ignored.” He may be right. Every year, speakers spew the same old sayings: Never give up! Embrace failure! Be passionate! Here’s a look at speakers who said things a little differently this year.
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