45 inspirational leadership quotes for those who want to be a better leader

To lead is to awaken in people the will to do things well and seek the best results.

A good leader delegates, but also does. He doesn’t just watch his team solve problems, he also presents solutions and inspires others to think like him.

Inspiring leadership does not exclude opposing opinions. In fact, she tries to see where they can contribute to the team’s growth.

Inspiring leadership is one that allows people to contribute their ideas and opinions.

The true leader has no need to lead – he is content to point the way.

Henry Miller

Inspiring leadership needs to have a purpose; otherwise, it goes nowhere because it does not know what means need to be mobilized to achieve a common objective.

Inspire your team to always do more, showing that you are also capable of evolving every day.

Leading a group is up to those who are strong and know the importance of respecting people’s individuality and skills.

A leader who inspires can make a team full of people with different skills row to the same place.

A leader can only have inspiring leadership when the team respects and listens to him.

Being together is a start; staying together is progress, working together is success.

napoleon hill

Being an inspiring leader takes a lot more work than just being a leader who dictates what needs to be done, but it certainly achieves more results and even personal growth.

Be the leader who motivates and inspires rather than the one who only points out flaws.

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

Max Lucado

Leading is the art of motivating someone to do something you want done because that person wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

A leader who inspires needs to be careful not to become a leader people don’t respect because he doesn’t have a steady hand.

What makes a leader respected is his ability to see the strengths of others and encourage people to be better every day.

A leader is a seller of hope.

Napoleon Bonaparte

A leader who does not influence people is not worthy of your leadership.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality, the last is to say thank you.

Max Depree

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and be more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

The greatest achievement of a leader is to help other people discover how amazing they are.

People ask what is the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works undercover, the boss works undercover. The leader leads, the boss guides.

Franklin Roosevelt

The best leader is one who has the sense to get good men to do what he wants and the self-control not to intrude while they do it.

Theodore Roosevelt

The team is inspired when they realize that the leader also puts his hand in the dough and believes in each one’s work.

The best leader is not necessarily the one who does the best things. He is the one who makes people do the best things.

Ronald Reagan

If you want to inspire others, you need to try to be better enough to become an example of determination and courage to others.

Leadership that inspires people to do their best even in activities that are not so exciting is on the right track.

The greatest leader is the one who recognizes his smallness, draws strength from his humility and experiences his fragility.

Augusto Cury

I suppose leadership once meant having muscles, but today it means getting along with people.

Mahatma Gandhi

Leading is showing that people are able to shine alone and even stronger when they work together.

Amazing leaders go out of their way to improve their team’s self-esteem. If people believe in them, it’s amazing what they can achieve.

Sam Walton

Leadership is the ability to get people to do what they don’t want to do and enjoy doing it.

Harry Truman

If a leader wants to be inspiring, he needs to learn how to touch people’s souls.

A leader’s greatest skill is to develop extraordinary abilities in ordinary people.

Abraham Lincoln

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people to places they don’t necessarily want to go, but should go.

Rosalynn Carter

A great leader turns an ordinary team into a winning team full of amazing complementary skills.

I believe that, ultimately, the role of a leader is to spread hope.

Bob Galvin

Innovation differentiates a leader from a follower.

Steve Jobs

A leader has many tools at his disposal, but the one that will bring the most results is his example.

Surround yourself with grown-ups; delegate authority; get out of the way.

Ronald Reagan

Leadership is the ability to turn vision into reality.

Warren Bennis

Leaders are the ones who point the way, but also listen to the team’s opinions to make sure they’re doing it right.

A leader is someone who knows what he wants to achieve and is able to communicate it.

Margaret Thatcher

To be a successful leader, you need to motivate, inspire and impact people’s lives.