Leading teams in the modern workplace can be massively challenging – from insubordinate employees to colleagues unwilling to support your management vision. Running up against these obstacles can lead you to feel dejected and disappointed.
Here are 20 motivational leadership quotes to consider as you reframe your daily challenges:
‘Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.’ – Theodore Roosevelt
‘Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.’ – Brian Tracy
‘Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you.’ – Grace Coddington
‘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
‘A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.’ —John Maxwell
‘Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.’ —Peter Drucker
‘The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.’ —Kenneth Blanchard
‘A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.’ —Ovid
‘A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.’ —Max Lucado
‘Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway.’ —Eleanor Roosevelt
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
– John Quincy Adams.
‘I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.’ —Herbert Swope
‘If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.’ —John Quincy Adams
‘It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.’ —Nelson Mandela
‘What you do has far greater impact than what you say.’ —Stephen Covey
‘True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.’ —Bill Owens
‘A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.’ —John Maxwell
‘The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.’ –Dwight Eisenhower
‘There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage.’ —Fuchan Yuan
‘Earn your leadership every day.’ –Michael Jordan
A leader’s role is to set an example for their employees so they might be encouraged to emulate that behavior. Hopefully, these quotes will provide some motivation for
you as a leader – by bringing some fresh viewpoints to your daily efforts that will positively impact your employees, too.
