38 of the Most Inspirational Leadership Quotes...Ever 2015 年 3 月 18 日 * 450,777次浏览 * 5,049个赞 * 1,091条评论 <#comments-9130853617984948361> No one can deny the power of a good quote. They motivate and inspire us to be our best. *Here are 38 of my absolute favorites:* 1. "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples." -Mother Teresa 2. "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou 3. "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford 4. "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -Vince Lombardi 5. "Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it." -Charles Swindoll 6. "If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough." -Oprah Winfrey 7. "Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt 8. "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." -Jimmy Dean 9. "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn 10. "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." -Eleanor Roosevelt 11. "Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." -Les Brown 12. "Do or do not. There is no try." -Yoda 13. "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." -Napoleon Hill 14. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain 15. "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -Michael Jordan 16. "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." -Albert Einstein 17. "I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions." -Stephen Covey 18. "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." -Henry Ford 19. "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." -Alice Walker 20. "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." -Amelia Earhart 21. "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." -Aristotle Onassis 22. "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." -Robert Louis Stevenson 23. "The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." -Ayn Rand 24. "If you hear a voice within you say, 'You cannot paint,' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. -Vincent Van Gogh 25. "Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs." -Farrah Gray 26. "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." -Dalai Lama 27. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein 28. "What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan 29. "I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." -Leonardo da Vinci 30. "When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." -Helen Keller 31. "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy.' They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." -John Lennon 32. "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." -Ralph Waldo Emerson 33. "Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." -George Addair 34. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." -Plato 35. "Nothing will work unless you do." -Maya Angelou 36. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." -Theodore Roosevelt 37. "What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality." -Plutarch 38. "Control your own destiny or someone else will." - Jack Welch Did I miss any? Please share your favorite quotes for others to enjoy in the comments section below. *ABOUT THE AUTHOR:* Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of the #1 bestselling book, /Emotional Intelligence 2.0 ,/ and the cofounder of TalentSmart , the world's leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training , serving more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies. His bestselling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150 countries. Dr. Bradberry has written for, or been covered by, /Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post/, and /The Harvard Business Review/. 作者 Dr. Travis Bradberry 26 篇文章 关注 Great leadership is indeed a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you’re working for one, but even they can have a hard time explaining the specifics of what they do that makes their leadership so effective. Great leadership is dynamic; it melds a variety of unique skills into an integrated whole. Below are 12 essential behaviors that exceptional leaders rely on every day. Give them a try and you can become a better leader today. *1. Courage* /“Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.” —Aristotle/ People will wait to see if a leader is courageous before they’re willing to follow his or her lead. People need courage in their leaders. They need someone who can make difficult decisions and watch over the good of the group. They need a leader who will stay the course when things get tough. People are far more likely to show courage themselves when their leaders do the same. For the courageous leader adversity is a welcome test. Like a blacksmith’s molding of a red-hot iron, adversity is a trial by fire that refines leaders and sharpens their game. Adversity emboldens courageous leaders and leaves them more committed to their strategic direction. Leaders who lack courage simply toe the company line. They follow the safest path/—/the path of least resistance/—/because they’d rather cover their backside than lead. *2. Effective Communication* /“The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.”/ /—Joseph Priestley/ Communication is the real work of leadership. It’s a fundamental element of how leaders accomplish their goals each and every day. You simply can’t become a great leader until you are a great communicator. Great communicators inspire people. They create a connection with their followers that is real, emotional, and personal, regardless of any physical distance between them. Great communicators forge this connection through an understanding of people and an ability to speak directly to their needs. *3. Generosity* /“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/ Great leaders are generous. They share credit and offer enthusiastic praise. They’re as committed to their followers’ success as they are to their own. They want to inspire all of their employees to achieve their personal best – not just because it will make the team more successful, but because they care about each person as an individual. *4. Humility* /“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” – C.S. Lewis/ Great leaders are humble. They don’t allow their position of authority to make them feel that they are better than anyone else. As such, they don’t hesitate to jump in and do the dirty work when needed, and they won’t ask their followers to do anything they wouldn’t be willing to do themselves. *5. Self-Awareness* /“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.” —Latin Proverb/ Contrary to what Dilbert might have us believe, leaders’ gaps in self-awareness are rarely due to deceitful, Machiavellian motives, or severe character deficits. In most cases, leaders/—/like everyone else/—/view themselves in a more favorable light than other people do. Self-awareness is the foundation of emotional intelligence, a skill that 90% of top performing leaders possess in abundance. Great leaders’ high self-awareness means they have a clear and accurate image not just of their leadership style, but also of their own strengths and weaknesses. They know where they shine and where they’re weak, and they have effective strategies for leaning into their strengths and compensating for their weaknesses. *6. Adherence to the Golden Rule +1* /“The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.” – Jon Wolfgang von Goethe/ The Golden Rule – treat others as you want to be treated – assumes that all people are the same. It assumes that, if you treat your followers the way you would want a leader to treat you, they’ll be happy. It ignores that people are motivated by vastly different things. One person loves public recognition, while another loathes being the center of attention. Great leaders don’t treat people how they themselves want to be treated. Instead, they take the Golden Rule a step further and treat each person as he or she would like to be treated. Great leaders learn what makes people tick, recognize their needs in the moment, and adapt their leadership style accordingly. *7. Passion* /“If you just work on stuff that you like and are passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.” – Mark Zuckerberg/ Passion and enthusiasm are contagious. So are boredom and apathy. No one wants to work for a boss that’s unexcited about his or her job, or even one who’s just going through the motions. Great leaders are passionate about what they do, and they strive to share that passion with everyone around them. *8. Infectiousness* /“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” —Reverend Theodore Hesburgh/ Great leaders know that having a clear vision isn’t enough. You have to make that vision come alive so that your followers can see it just as clearly as you do. Great leaders do that by telling stories and painting verbal pictures so that everyone can understand not just where they’re going, but what it will look and feel like when they get there. This inspires others to internalize the vision and make it their own. *9. Authenticity* /“Just be who you are and speak from your guts and heart – it’s all a man has.” – Hubert Humphrey/ Authenticity refers to being honest in all things – not just what you say and do, but who you are. When you’re authentic, your words and actions align with who you claim to be. Your followers shouldn’t be compelled to spend time trying to figure out if you have ulterior motives. Any time they spend doing so erodes their confidence in you and in their ability to execute. Leaders who are authentic are transparent and forthcoming. They aren’t perfect, but they earn people’s respect by walking their talk. *10. Approachability* /“Management is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.” – Tommy Lasorda/ Great leaders make it clear that they welcome challenges, criticism, and viewpoints other than their own. They know that an environment where people are afraid to speak up, offer insight, and ask good questions is destined for failure. By ensuring that they are approachable, great leaders facilitate the flow of great ideas throughout the organization. *11. Accountability* /“The ancient Romans had a tradition: Whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: He stood under the arch.” – Michael Armstrong/ Great leaders have their followers’ backs. They don’t try to shift blame, and they don’t avoid shame when they fail. They’re never afraid to say, “The buck stops here,” and they earn people’s trust by backing them up. *12. Sense Of Purpose* /“You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.” – Ken Kesey/ Whereas vision is a clear idea of where you’re going, a sense of purpose refers to an understanding of /why /you’re going there. People like to feel like they’re part of something bigger than themselves. Great leaders give people that feeling. *Bringing It All Together* Becoming a great leader doesn’t mean that you have to incorporate all of these traits at once. Focus on one or two at a time; each incremental improvement will make you more effective. It’s okay if you “act” some of these qualities at first. The more you practice, the more instinctive it will become, and the more you’ll internalize your new leadership style. What other qualities would you like to see added to this list? Please share your thoughts on exceptional leadership in the comments section below, as I learn just as much from you as you do from me. *ABOUT THE AUTHOR:* Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of the #1 bestselling book, /Emotional Intelligence 2.0 ,/ and the cofounder of TalentSmart , the world's leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training , serving more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies. His bestselling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150 countries. Dr. Bradberry has written for, or been covered by, /Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post/, and /The Harvard Business Review/. If you'd like to learn how to increase your emotional intelligence (EQ), consider taking the online /Emotional Intelligence Appraisal/ test that's included with the /Emotional Intelligence 2.0/ book. 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