Soms heb je aan één quote genoeg, om jezelf of je team nieuwe energie of richting te geven
50. “Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
- Albert Einstein, physicist
49. “Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something
inside them was superior to circumstances.”
- Bruce Barton, advertising executive
48. “In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.”
- Eric Hoffer, philosopher
47. “Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offence cannot
reach it.”
- Rene Descartes, philosopher
46. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
- William Butler Yeats, poet
45. “Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.”
- William Arthur Wood, author
44. “We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”
- John Dryden, writer
43. “The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.”
- Ferdinand Foch, French marshall
42. “My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight
until the last ball.”
- Bjorn Borg, tennis champion
41. “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
– Vince Lombardi, football coach
De Top 50 meest inspirerende quotes voor managers
40. “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
- Bill Cosby, (gevallen) comedian
39. “There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give everything.”
- Vince Lombardi, football coach
38. “Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.”
- John Dewey, educator, philosopher
37. Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on.
If you can’t, you are not leading well.
- Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric chief executive
36. “My father used to say to me, “Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or
an emergency . . .become the calmest person in the room and you’ll be able to figure your
way out of it.”
- Rudolph Giuliani, ex New York City mayor (in betere tijden)
35. “Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can read.”
- Mark Twain, author
34. “The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.”
- Hugh White, U.S. Senator
33. “Inside the ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.”
- Muhammad Ali, boxing champion
32. “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”
- Bobby Unser, race car driver
31. “Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence in seeing how you
react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.”
- Tom Landry – Football Coach
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30. “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks
as if they were great and noble.”
- Helen Keller – Author, Lecturer
29. “Everything is always impossible before it works. That’s what entrepreneurs are all about –
doing what people have told them is impossible.”
- R. Hunt Greene – Venture Capitalist
28. “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
- T. S. Eliot – Poet
27. “Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding
the problems of running a country.”
- Margaret Thatcher – British Prime Minister
26. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
- Albert Einstein, Physicist
25. “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
- Sir Edmund Hillary, explorer
24. “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting
for us.”
- E. M. Forster, writer
23. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your
complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
- Mark Twain, writer
22. “As is our confidence, so is our capacity.”
- William Hazlitt, essayist
21. “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a rule is to look at the men he has around
him.”
- Niccolo Machiavelli, statesman
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20. “There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change
dramatically to rise to the next level of performance.
Miss that moment, and you start to decline.”
- Andy Grove, Intel Corp. chairman
19. “I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-
heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”
- Michael Jordan, basketball player
18. “One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished
tasks.” – Malcolm S. Forbes, publisher
17. “Always dream and shoot higher than you know how to. Don’t bother just to be better than
your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
- William Faulkner, writer
16. “Every man’s life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is
uncertain.”
- Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor
15. “The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough
to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.”
- Thomas Huxley, biologist
14. “Confidence . . . thrives on honesty, on honour, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful
protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.”
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd US president
13. “In order to be a leader, a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have
their confidence. Hence, the supreme quality for a leader is unquestionably integrity.
Without it, no real success is possible.”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th US President
12. “You just don’t luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step,
whether it’s friendships or opportunities.”
- Barbara Bush, first lady
11. “I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest
possible batting average.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt – 32nd US President
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10. “How you see yourself is the way you’ll end up being.”
- Kenneth Cole, clothing designer
9. “You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the
hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you.
If you don’t have that kind of feeling for what it is you’re doing, you’ll stop at the first giant
hurdle.
– George Lucas, Director
8. “I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a
sheep.”
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French statesman
7. “Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they
would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as
you can and don’t put off being happy until some future date.”
- Dale Carnegie, author
6. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.”
- William Ward – Texas Wesleyan University Administrator
5. “Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence.
It is no more or less than faith in action.”
- Henry Chester, writer
4. “It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart,
the generous qualities, progressive ideas.”
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky – Writer
3. “Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures.”
- James Cash Penney, retailer
2. “The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin, actress
1. “I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US president