10 top inspiring quotes for leaders and managers

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
David Brinkley, American newscaster for NBC & ABC (1943 to 1997)

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” - David Brinkley, American newscaster for NBC & ABC (1943 to 1997)

“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”
Steve Jobs, co-founded Apple

“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” - Steve Jobs, co-founded Apple

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.”
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” - Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember, that’s where you will find success.”
Thomas Watson, served as the chairman and CEO of IBM

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember, that’s where you will find success.” - Thomas Watson, served as the chairman and CEO of IBM

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.”
Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.” - Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States

“The information we consume matters just as much as the food we put in our body. It affects our thinking, our behavior, how we understand our place in the world. And how we understand others.”
Evan Williams, Co-Founder of Twitter and Medium

“The information we consume matters just as much as the food we put in our body. It affects our thinking, our behavior, how we understand our place in the world. And how we understand others.” — Evan Williams, Co-Founder of Twitter and Medium

“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”
John C. Maxwell, CEO of The John Maxwell Company

“Increasingly, management’s role is not to organize work, but to direct passion and purpose.”
Greg Satell, author of “CASCADES: HOW TO CREATE A MOVEMENT THAT DRIVES TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE”