Leadership Motivation Qoutes (part 2)

Rely on your own strength of body and soul. 

Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. 

Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, 

and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. 

Fire above the mark you intend to hit. 

Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.

Noah Porter

If your actions inspire others to dream more,

learn more, do more and become more,

you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

He who has never learned to obey

cannot be a good commander.

Aristotle

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, 

but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

(from Christian Leadership World)

Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Publilius Syrus

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Never tell people how to do things. 

Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

George Patton

(from Big Dog's Quotes)

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, 

while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

Horace

In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.

Henry W. Longfellow

I light my candle from their torches.

Robert Burton

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

Woodrow Wilson

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Leadership Motivation Qoutes (part 1)

Do not follow where the path may lead.

Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Harold R. McAlindon

(also attributed to Emerson and others)

Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

There go the people.

I must follow them for I am their leader.

Alexandre Ledru-Rollin

What chance gathers she easily scatters. 

A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

General Douglas MacArthur

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way.

Henry Miller

Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. 

Build with what they have. 

The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.

Lao Tzu

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Inspirational Leadership Quotes and Motivational Leadership Quotes

Probably the most inspirational leader I've personally known is Mike Jones, the founder of Discover Leadership Training. Here is a collection of my favourite inspirational leadership quotes from Mike Jones - both those of his own creation & those from others that exactly convey Mike's philosophy.

Mike Jones on Taking the First Step:

You may be disappointed if you fail; however, you are doomed if you never take the first step

Mike Jones

Inspirational Leadership Quote:

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent

Mike Jones

Winners and Losers Quote - and Staying in the Game:

Winners lose more than losers. They win and lose more than losers, because they stay in the game

Terry Paulson 

Inspirational Thought on Focus and Purpose:

There is no reason, no excuse, no alibi, no fate, that can hinder an individual that is focused on a specific purpose

Mike Jones

 

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