When it comes to leading a team, one of the most important things you can do is instill confidence in your team members. This doesn’t mean that you need to be a cheerleader 24/7; rather, it means creating an environment where your team members feel like they can succeed.
One way to do this is by sharing inspirational quotes with your team. These quotes can be about anything from perseverance to failure, but they should all have one thing in common: they should be about overcoming obstacles.
Here are 15 of the best inspirational quotes to share with your team:
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
–John Quincy Adams
“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”
–Garry Kasparov
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
–Bill Gates
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
–John C. Maxwell
“Don’t give up now! Were you not born to overcome? Is not your existence a mockery of the odds? Why then now do you think this too cannot be accomplished?”
–Andrew Puckett
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.”
–Ken Blanchard
“To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”
–Pat Riley
“Leadership is not a rank, it’s an approach!”
–Femi Otedola
“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
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
–Margaret Mead
“If your team is going to achieve great things, they need to believe they are capable of achieving great things.”
–Simon Sinek
“A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him.”
–Lao Tzu
“The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.”
–Brian Tracy
“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
–Napoleon Bonaparte
“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”
–Warren Bennis
Share and send to your team if you found these quotes inspirational or motivational!
