Writing Quotes About Creativity, Imagination And Solitude

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream. Jorge Luis Borges  I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Dr. Seuss The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. Albert Einstein Writing is a product of silence and solitude. Unknown The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the...
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Writing Quotes About Poetry

Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. Virginia Woolf Poetry: the best words in the best order. Samuel Taylor Coleridge The poet doesn’t invent. He listens. Jean Cocteau There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money either. Robert Graves Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the...
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Writing Quotes About Clarity, Style And Stories

Style means the right word. The rest matters little. Jules Renard  I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story. Tom Clancy Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life. Hunter S. Thompson Good writers are those who keep the language efficient....
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Quotes About The Writing Process And Perseverance

You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page. Jodi Picoult It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer. Gerald Brenan There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. William Somerset Maugham Trust your reader, don’t try to describe things. Give a hint and they...
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The Best Leadership QuotesThat Will Make You Feel Unstoppable

Anyone, anywhere, can make a positive difference. Mark Sanborn Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. John C. Maxwell Do what is right, not what is easy. Unknown The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. Tony Blair Leading people is the most challenging and, therefore,...
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The Most Famous Leadership Quotes

A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon Bonaparte You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants. Isaac Newton Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not...
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Short Leadership Quotes

To lead people, walk behind them. Lao Tzu  The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill We rise by lifting others. Robert Ingersoll All leaders are readers. Jim Rohn Hire character. Train skill. Peter Schutz Act or do not act, but do not hedge. Peter F. Drucker What gets measured gets improved. Peter F. Drucker Discipline...
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Inspirational And Positive Leadership Quotes

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us. Barack Obama  Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. H. Ross Perot Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. John D. Rockefeller If your objective is to be as good as you can be, then you’re going to want criticism. Ray Dalio The test of organization is not genius....
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Funny And Surprising Leadership Quotes

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. Colin Powell Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men – the other 999 follow women. Groucho Marx People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. Thomas Sowell You either run with lions or walk with sheep. Matshona Dhliwayo People who don’t take risks generally make about...
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Deep Leadership Quotes

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. Warren Bennis A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. Plato In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer Wisdom...
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Wise Leadership Quotes

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. Warren Bennis There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all. Peter F. Drucker It is not so much that man is a herd animal, said Freud, but that he is a horde animal led by a chief. Ernest Becker Pity the leader caught between...
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Leadership Quotes About Serving Others

The highest of distinctions is service to others. King George VI Don’t forget to do something for other people. Marc Benioff One of the quickest ways to gain someone’s trust is to help that person. Justin Bariso You’ve got to help others. Don’t just think about yourself. Help others. Arnold Schwarzenegger The leaders who get the most out of their...
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Leadership Quotes About Education, Learning And Reading

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have. Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook) The teacher who awakens and encourages in students a sense of possibility and responsibility is, to me, the ultimate leader. Stanley McChrystal Knowledge is useless to executives unless it has been translated into deeds. Peter F. Drucker Leaders...
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Leadership Quotes About Teamwork, Work, Business, Collaboration, Culture And Management

Teamwork makes the dream work. John C. Maxwell It takes two flints to make a fire. Louisa May Alcott The effective executive does not make staffing decisions to minimize weaknesses but to maximize strength. Peter F. Drucker Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization....
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Leadership Quotes About Encouragement, Kindness, Listening, Communication And Engagement

When people talk, listen completely. Ernest Hemingway Communication is the most important skill any leader can possess. Richard Branson I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. Mahatma Gandhi You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have...
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Leadership Quotes About Change

Change before you have to. Jack Welch Leadership is an ever-evolving position. Mike Krzyzewski In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. Max De Pree Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing. Warren Bennis Leaders should always expect the very best...
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Leadership Quotes About Effectiveness, Doing The Right Thing

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. Michael Porter The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King Jr Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Stephen R. Covey The term ‘power’ comes from the Latin posse: to do, to be able, to change, to influence...
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Leadership Quotes About Bad Leadership (Leader vs Boss, Leader vs Manager)

A boss loves power; a leader loves people. Amit Kalantri No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. Andrew Carnegie A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs. Robert Townsend A good...
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Leadership Quotes About Being A True Leader And Giving The Example

What you do has far greater impact than what you say. Steven R. Covey Good leaders see more in people than people see in themselves. Mark Sanborn Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Albert Schweitzer What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan. Jason Fried That one can truly manage...
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Leadership Quotes About Trust, Respect, Influence

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. Robert E. Lee When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you. Lao Tzu Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them. Roy T. Bennett Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible...
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