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 people are the leaders who care most about their people. Simon Sinek
Help your people grow and perform at their highest possible levels. Robert K. Greenleaf
Growing people and helping them to perform at high levels
is a key strategy for long-term success. When employees grow, their
productive capacity increases. When their productive capacity increases,
the capacity of the organization increases–it can do things better, or
it can do things it was not able to do before. Kent M. Keith
The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the
natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious
choice brings one to aspire to lead. Robert K. Greenleaf
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. Napoleon Hill
If you want to lead on the highest level, be willing to serve on the lowest. John C. Maxwell
Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood. Max De Pree
The first responsibility of a leader is to define
reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a
servant. Max De Pree
The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs. Max De Pree
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. Aristotle
We cannot ask others to do what we have not done ourselves. Christiana Figueres
Servant leadership pumps up the team with confidence, which leads to high-performance. Marcel Schwantes
When you’ve worked hard, and done well, and walked
through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.
You reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped
you succeed. Michelle Obama
I think leadership is service and there is power in that
giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their
fullest potential. Denise Morrison
Employees of servant leaders are more helping and
creative than those working with leaders who scored lower on servant
leadership. Marcel Schwantes
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. Sam Rayburn
Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world;
there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others.
Roy T. Bennett
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson
Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. Kevin Durant
The obstacle is the way. Ryan Holiday
The more I want to get something done the less I call it work. Richard Bach
I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Michael Jordan
Work as hard as you can. Even though who you work with
and what you work on are more important than how hard you work. Naval
Ravikant
What you do, and how you do it, is so much more important than how hard you do it. Naval Ravikant
So often people are working hard at the wrong thing.
Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.
Caterina Fake
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. Leo Tolstoy
There’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there. Joyce Chapman
Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way. Mary E. Pearson
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor. Victor Hugo
Part 1. He does nothing with haste and drudgery, but as
if he loved it. He makes the most of his labor, and takes infinite
satisfaction in every part of it. Henry David Thoreau
Part 2. He is not looking forward to the sale of his
crops or any pecuniary profit, but he is paid by the constant
satisfaction which his labor yields him. Henry David Thoreau
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. David Bly
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing
in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking. Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass
Work and you’ll get what you need; work harder and you’ll get what you want. Prabakaran Thirumalai
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep
to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t
try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be
completely present. Lao Tzu
Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control. Booker T. Washington
Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen. Unknown
Blood, sweat and respect. The first two you give, the last one you get. Unknown
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Newt Gingrich
Part 1. So you were born to feel “nice”? Instead of doing things and experiencing them? Marcus Aurelius
Part 2. Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and
spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world
in order, as best they can? Marcus Aurelius
Part 3. And you’re not willing to do your job as a human
being? Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands? Marcus
Aurelius
If you accomplish something good with hard work, the
labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful
in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame
endures. Gaius Musonius Rufus
I woult rather die of passion than of boredom. Émile Zola
What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A year from now you may wish you had started today. Karen Lamb
Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success. Vanessa Redgrave
The fools in life want things fast and easy—money, success, attention. Robert Greene
The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers. William Lloyd Garrison
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The great person is one who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? Larry Flynt
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. To comprehend a nectar – requires sorest need. Emily Dickinson
The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity
goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment
of escape. Alice James
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small
things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest
to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon. Booker T.
Washington
The depth of your mythology is the extent of your effectiveness. John C. Maxwell
Practice like you’ve never won. Perform like you’ve never lost. Bernard F. Asuncion
There is only one kind of success that really matters:
the success of transforming ourselves, transforming our afflictions,
fear, and anger. This is the kind of success, the kind of power, that
will benefits us and others without causing any damage. Thich Nhat Hanh
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. Henry David Thoreau
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. Henry Ward Beecher
Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot
Success and failure are equally disastrous. Tennessee Williams
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning
for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.
Tennessee Williams
Success – keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep. Walter Scott
Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. Gustave Flaubert
To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little. Mason Cooley
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David Thoreau
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.” ~ J. K. Rowling
“You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” ~ Melissa Etheridge
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” ~ Diane Mariechild
“Don’t be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!” ~ Gabby Douglas
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” ~ Amelia Earhart
“The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.” ~ Ashley Rickards
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion” ~ Oprah Winfrey
“I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.” ~ Emma Stone
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ~ Maya Angelou
“It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.” ~ Taylor Swift
“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” ~ Ruth Gordo
“Power is not given to you. You have to take it.” ~ Beyonce Knowles
“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” ~ Mother Teresa
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
“Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.” ~ Byron Katie
“You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.” ~ Tyra Banks
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ~ Ayn Rand
“I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” ~ Coco Chanel