As many of you know I am an avid reader of books that help to develop character understanding, people skills and leadership. From time to time, I come across some amazing quotes from some amazing people who have achieved amazing things in their lives.
So here are some wonderful quotes from some of the best to help you on your journey. Enjoy reading them then see what you can do to imbibe them and make them part of your life.
Listening
1) "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." – Ernest Hemingway
2) "The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them." – Ralph Nichols
Storytelling
3) "Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today." – Robert McKee
4) "If you tell me, it's an essay. If you show me, it's a story." – Barbara Greene
Authenticity
5) "I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier." – Oprah Winfrey
6) "Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing – consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust." – Lance Secretan
Transparency
7) "As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth." -John Whittier
8) "There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life." – Joseph Berber Lightfoot
Team Playing
9) "Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds." – SEAL Team Saying
10) "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller
Responsiveness
11) "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." – Charles Swindoll
12) '"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." – Bill Gates
Adaptability
13) "When you're finished changing, you're finished." – Benjamin Franklin
14) "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." – Charles Darwin
Passion
15) "The only way to do great work is to love the work you do." – Steve Jobs
16) "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." – Albert Einstein
Surprise and Delight
17) "A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless." – Charles de Gaulle
18) “Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” – Boris Pasternak
Simplicity
19) "Less isn't more; just enough is more." – Milton Glaser
20) “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
Gratefulness
21) "I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." – Gilbert K Chesterton
22) "The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." – Friedrich Nietzsche
Leadership
23) “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter F. Drucker
24) "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." – John Quincy Adams
25) "Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." – John F. Kennedy
So, there you have it; a feast of wonderful thoughts to help you take your businesses and your relationships forward. As Jim Rohn used to vigorously promote, “work harder on yourself than you do on your job”. These quotes are worth reading, then contemplating, then memorising. I wish you all as much success as you are willing to work for.