Quotes about Inspiration

A leader with great passion and few skills always outperforms a leader with great skills and no passion.

Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

If you don't already have a mentor, go out and find one. If you can't get someone to help you in person, begin the process by reading books. That's where I got started. The main thing is to get the process under way.

Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.

Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.

If you want to be the best leader you can possibly be, no matter how much or how little natural leadership talent you possess, you need to become a serving leader.

A leader with confidence is a leader who brings out positive changes in people.

People need your influence, but it will not come through 'lip syncing' those you admire.

Am I adding value to people?

Sometimes we get to see the miracle. Others times we get to be the miracle.

If you want to become a better leader, let go of control and start fostering cooperation. Good leaders stop bossing people around and start encouraging them. That is the secret to being a people-oriented leader, because much of leadership is encouragement.

Live the legacy you want to leave. I believe that to have any credibility as a leader, you must live what you say you believe. If you want to create a legacy, you need to live it first. You must become what you desire to see in others.