Some of my favorite quotes for leaders are:

• A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit — Arnold H. Glasgow
• I praise loudly, I blame softly — Catherine II of Russia
• Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress — Mohandas
  Gandhi
• A long dispute means that both parties are wrong — Voltaire
• The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable — Paul Broca

These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan H. Shearouse’s new book, Conflict 101.

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in a world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.” — David Beckham

Use this quote to inspire you to lead change in your organization!

• The enduring truth remains that a leader’s integrity is the true measure of greatness.
• Putting stewardship above self-interest is an act of leadership.
• Leadership is based on influence-through-persuasion at the front end, combined with accountability at the back end.
• Leadership is the process of influencing volunteers to accomplish good things.

Note:  Thanks for these valuable insights, Timothy R. Clark, Ph.D., author of The Leadership Test.

“There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience” — Archibald MacLeish

Be sure to check out the October 10, 2011 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, where you’ll find an entire 66-page issue that takes you through the entire life of Jobs in what they describe as a biography of a boundary-breaking thinker and endlessly astute businessman.

What got me hooked on the issue are the following quotes of wisdom and leadership from Jobs that the magazine features as its intro into its impressive retrospective issue:

• There is no reason not to follow your heart.
• Simple can be harder than complex.  You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.
• The only way to be satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
• Don’t be trapped by dogma.
• Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
• It’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.
• Don’t settle.
• Things don’t have to change the world to be important.
• Stay hungry.

Soon I’ll post my full review of John C. Maxwell’s latest book, The 5 Levels of Leadership.

In the meantime, here are some of my favorites quotes from the book that I believe should become a must-read book by any workplace/organizational leader:

1. Good leadership isn’t about advancing yourself.  It’s about advancing your team.
2. Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
3. Leadership is action, not position.
4. When people feel liked, cared for, included, valued, and trusted, they begin to work together with their leader and each other.
5. If you have integrity with people, you develop trust.  The more trust you develop, the stronger the relationship becomes.  In times of difficulty, relationships are a shelter.  In times of opportunity, they are a launching pad.
6. Good leaders must embrace both care and candor.
7. People buy into the leader, then the vision.
8. Bringing out the best in a person is often a catalyst for bringing out the best in the team.
9. Progress comes only from taking risks and making mistakes.
10. Leaders are measured by the caliber of leaders they develop, not the caliber of their own leadership.

I really like these motivating and inspiring quotes from a 2011 issue of Men’s Health magazine:

The best way to predict the future is to invent it — Alan Kay

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty — Winston Churchill

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody — Bill Cosby

The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall — Vince Lombardi

Some of my favorite quotes for leaders are:

• A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit — Arnold H. Glasgow
• I praise loudly, I blame softly — Catherine II of Russia
• Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress — Mohandas Gandhi
• A long dispute means that both parties are wrong — Voltaire
• The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable — Paul Broca
• The best way to predict the future is to invent it — Alan Kay
• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty — Winston Churchill
• I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody — Bill Cosby
• The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall — Vince Lombardi
• The one thing that’s common to all successful people:  They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don’t like to do — Michael Phelps
• The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask – Peter Drucker
• It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit –Harry S. Truman
• No man becomes rich unless he enriches others — Andrew Carnegie
• Perception, visibility, and influence will help you stand out from the gifted group of stars that surrounds you –  Joel A. Garfinkle

Some of my favorite quotes for leaders are:

• A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit — Arnold H. Glasgow
• I praise loudly, I blame softly — Catherine II of Russia
• Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress — Mohandas Gandhi
• A long dispute means that both parties are wrong — Voltaire
• The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable — Paul Broca

These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan H. Shearouse’s new book, Conflict 101.

In addition to learning a lot about the ways businesses are creating experiences for their customers in Brian Solis’ new book, What’s The Future of Business, you’ll be treated to dozens of compelling leadership, life and business quotes, such as these:

• “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho

•  ”We live in a time where brands are people and people are brands.” — Brian Solis

• “In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.” — James MacGregor Burns

•  ”The only source of knowledge is experience.” — Albert Einstein

• “Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” — Auguste Rodin

• “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” — Maria Robinson

These quotes truly inspire me:

“The three common characteristics of best companies — they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” — Brad Hams

“The one thing that’s common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don’t like to do.” — Michael Phelps

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S. Truman

“The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” — Peter Drucker

“Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Good leadership isn’t about advancing yourself. It’s about advancing your team.” — John C. Maxwell

“People buy into the leader, then the vision.” — John C. Maxwell

“Great leaders have courage, tenacity and patience.” — Bill McBean

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho

“We live in a time where brands are people and people are brands.” — Brian Solis

“In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.” — James MacGregor Burns

“The only source of knowledge is experience.” — Albert Einstein

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” — Auguste Rodin

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” — Maria Robinson

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” — Arnold H. Glasgow

“I praise loudly, I blame softly.” — Catherine II of Russia

“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.” — Mohandas Gandhi

“A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.” — Voltaire

“The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable.” — Paul Broca

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” — Arnold Glasow

“Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving .”– Kevin Cashman

“It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from. All that matters is where you are going to.” — Stephen Covey

“Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.” — Samuel Johnson

“Strength doesn’t come from what we can do. It comes from overcoming what we once thought we couldn’t.” — Rikki Roberts

“The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.” — Alfred North Whitehead

“The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.” — Brian Tracy

“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon them and to let them know that and trust them.” — Booker T. Washington

“Ask because you want to know. Listen because you want to grow.” — Mark Scharenbroich

“If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success.” — Marcus Buckingham

“To get the best coaching outcomes, always have your 1-on-1′s on your employee’s turf not yours. In your office the truth hides.” — Marcus Buckingham

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” — Bill Cosby

“The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall.” — Vince Lombardi

“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.” — Colin Powell, quoted in the Nashville Tennessean.

“If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.” — Author Douglas Adams, quoted in The Boston Globe.

“When you re-read a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.” — Clifton Fadiman

These quotes truly inspire me:

“The three common characteristics of best companies — they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” — Brad Hams

“The one thing that’s common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don’t like to do.” — Michael Phelps

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S. Truman

“The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” — Peter Drucker

“Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Good leadership isn’t about advancing yourself. It’s about advancing your team.” — John C. Maxwell

“People buy into the leader, then the vision.” — John C. Maxwell

“Great leaders have courage, tenacity and patience.” — Bill McBean

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho

“We live in a time where brands are people and people are brands.” — Brian Solis

“In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.” — James MacGregor Burns

“The only source of knowledge is experience.” — Albert Einstein

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” — Auguste Rodin

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” — Maria Robinson

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” — Arnold H. Glasgow

“I praise loudly, I blame softly.” — Catherine II of Russia

“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.” — Mohandas Gandhi

“A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.” — Voltaire

“The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable.” — Paul Broca

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” — Arnold Glasow

“Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving .”– Kevin Cashman

“It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from. All that matters is where you are going to.” — Stephen Covey

“Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.” — Samuel Johnson

“Strength doesn’t come from what we can do. It comes from overcoming what we once thought we couldn’t.” — Rikki Roberts

“The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.” — Alfred North Whitehead

“The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.” — Brian Tracy

“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon them and to let them know that and trust them.” — Booker T. Washington

“Ask because you want to know. Listen because you want to grow.” — Mark Scharenbroich

“If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success.” — Marcus Buckingham

“To get the best coaching outcomes, always have your 1-on-1′s on your employee’s turf not yours. In your office the truth hides.” — Marcus Buckingham

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” — Bill Cosby

“The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall.” — Vince Lombardi

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams

“If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard.” — Amy Poehler

These quotes truly inspire me:

Here are some terrific quotes from Mark Goulston’s book, Just Listen:

• Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. — Paul Hawken
• Life is mostly a matter of perception and more often misperception. — Dave Logan
• Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their next saying, “Make me feel important.” — Mary Kay Ash
• Do the unexpected. The expected is boring.  The expected is tuned out. — Steve Strauss
• Humility is the surest sign of strength. — Thomas Merton
• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. — Bill Gates
• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Agatha Chrisie
• Don’t find fault.  Find a remedy. — Henry Ford

These quotes truly inspire me:

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty…I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life.  I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Some of my favorite quotes for leaders are:

• A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit — Arnold H. Glasgow
• I praise loudly, I blame softly — Catherine II of Russia
• Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress — Mohandas Gandhi
• A long dispute means that both parties are wrong — Voltaire
• The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable — Paul Broca

These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan H. Shearouse’s book, Conflict 101.

Here are some of my favorites quotes from John C. Maxwell’s book, The 5 Levels of Leadership — a book I believe should become a must-read for any workplace/organizational leader:

1. Good leadership isn’t about advancing yourself.  It’s about advancing your team.
2. Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
3. Leadership is action, not position.
4. When people feel liked, cared for, included, valued, and trusted, they begin to work together with their leader and each other.
5. If you have integrity with people, you develop trust.  The more trust you develop, the stronger the relationship becomes.  In times of difficulty, relationships are a shelter.  In times of opportunity, they are a launching pad.
6. Good leaders must embrace both care and candor.
7. People buy into the leader, then the vision.
8. Bringing out the best in a person is often a catalyst for bringing out the best in the team.
9. Progress comes only from taking risks and making mistakes.
10. Leaders are measured by the caliber of leaders they develop, not the caliber of their own leadership.