Change Publishing - Achieve Your Full Potential - 1800 Inspirational Quotes That Will Change Your Life

Henry David Thoreau

"We should show life neither as it is or as it ought to be, but only as we see it in our dreams."

Count Leo Tolstoy

"Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born."

Dr. Dale E. Turner

"My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected."

Anna M. Uhlich

"We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

Woodrow Wilson

"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet, Tread softly because you tread on n dreams."

William Butler Yeats

"However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated into reality, like seeds germinating underground, sure to sprout in their search for the sunlight."

Lin Yutang

"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else."

Erma Bombeck

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."

Ben Stein

LEADERSHIP

97 Inspirational Quotes

"Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat to become American policies, especially in this hemisphere. None of the wars in my lifetime came about because we were too strong."

Ronald Reagan

"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better."

Jim Rohn

“You will never be a leader unless you first learn to follow and be led."

Tiorio

"The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says "I"; The leader says "WE". The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, "GO"; the leader says "LET'S GO!"

H. Gordon Selfridge

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."

Vince Lombardi

"I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a "transformer" in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader."

Stephen R. Covey

"A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group."

Russell H. Ewing

"One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." Arnold Glasow

"People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives."

Theodore Roosevelt

"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

"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

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Muriel Strode

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly."

Jim Rohn

"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."

Theodore Roosevelt

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."

James Crook

"Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve." Toma Landry

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."

Sam Walton

"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 equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent."

Douglas McCarther

"You manage things; you lead people."

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

"If I advance, follow me! If I retreat, kill me! If I die, avenge me!"

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

"I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."

Lao-Tzu

"It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved." Thomas Wolfe

"An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than an army of lions commanded by a stag."

Viking Proverb

"It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character, it forces you to make decisions based upon your beliefs and not what other people think. In life, and in business, you have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone. But, what makes you a leader is having the courage of your convictions."

Queen Latifah

"Entrepreneurs are the forgotten heroes of America."

Ronald Reagan

"Eagles don't flock - you have to find them one at a time."

H. Ross Perot

"My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together."

Colin Powell

"Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow."

Chinese Proverb

"The marksman hitteth the target partly by pulling, partly by letting go. The boatsman reached the landing partly by pulling, partly by letting go."

Egyptian Proverb

"The man whose authority is recent is always stern."

Aeschylus

"The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it."

Elaine Agather

"Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it."

Marian Anderson

"Asked what his secret was for lasting so long and being so successful as the president of YaleUniversity, Dr. James R. Angell explained: "Grow antennae, not horns."

Dr. James Rowland Angell

"A most important key to successful leadership is your ability to direct and challenge the very best that is in those whom you lead."

Anonymous

"Success for leadership is . . . knowing the great art of directing others without their noticing it."