Leadership Quotes
Random collection of quotes that apply to various aspects of leadership.
Leadership Quotes
"Praise others. It will bring them peace of mind.
Do not expect others to praise you. It will bring you peace of mind."
James Clear
“The unexamined life is not worth living”
Socrates
A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on
Mark Twain/Winston Churchill
Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself—-your strengths and your limitations—in contrast to depending on the affirmation of others, from the outside.
Judith Bardwick
Mark Twain observed, "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it-and stop there, less we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never it down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
Regarding expectations.
On practice:
"If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it."
Violinist Jascha Heifetz
Uncomfortable conversations are hard, but avoiding every conflict is harder.
James Clear
You don't have to lead yourself well to be a leader but you do have to lead yourself well to be a leader with followers.
Andy Stanley
"Time is either invested or spent.
Invested time = actions that compound:
• Reading
• Physical activity
• Mindfulness
• Relationship building
Spent time = actions that don’t.
When choosing what to do, prioritize investing time, not spending it."
— Sahil Bloom