The rise to the top doesn’t come without hard work so it’s important to find inspiration in any different size, color, shape, or gender. So, here are 10 inspiring quotes from female businesswomen, role models, activists, entertainers, authors, and politicians that willingly shared their thoughts on leadership and success.
Whether we’re forging our own paths and blazing a trail as we go or following in the footsteps of those who’ve gone ahead of us, people and words have the ability to encourage, motivate and propel us to reach new heights.
- “One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady
- ’Restore connection’ is not just for devices, it is for people too. If we cannot disconnect, we cannot lead. Creating the culture of burnout is opposite to creating a culture of sustainable creativity. This is something that needs to be taught in business schools. This mentality needs to be introduced as a leadership and performance-enhancing tool.” — Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post
- “The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.” — Iyanla Vanzant, speaker
- “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” — Dolly Parton, singer-songwriter
- “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder, Estée Lauder companies
- “Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.” — Mary D. Poole
- “You manage things; you lead people.” — Grace Murray Hopper, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
- “My father had a simple test that helps me measure my own leadership quotient: When you are out of the office, he once asked me, does your staff carry on remarkable well without you?” — Martha Peak, AMA magazines
- “We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.” — Mary Kay Ash, Mary Kay
- “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” — Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady
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Source: Entrepreneur.com
