The Motivational Corner Motivational and inspirational quotations, articles and books

The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.

A bold onset is half the battle.

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

I light my candle from their torches.

In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

There is always room for a man of force and he makes room for many. Society is a troop of thinkers and the best heads among them take the best places.

Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don’t take too much advice – keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.

The real leader has no need to lead – he is content to point the way.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.

Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

The future depends on what we do in the present.

Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you have never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.

Shoot for the moon; if you miss you will land among the stars.

There is no one giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps.

You will never find time for anything; you must make it.

It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see before you take your eyes off your goals.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Success is never ending, failure is never final.

Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

One sound idea is all that you need to achieve success.

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.

Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are.

They can because they think they can.

Hope is not a dream, but a way of making dreams become reality.

The road to success is always under construction.

The thing always happens that you really believe in and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.

It takes twenty years to become an overnight success.

Consider the postage stamp. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.

Do it trembling if you must, but do it!

Make your life a mission – not an intermission.