Ken Blanchard is a best selling author, speaker, and highly sought after business consultant and management expert. His best-selling book, The One Minute Manager, coauthored with Spencer Johnson, has sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and still regularly appears on best-seller lists over 20 years since it was first released!
Ken Blanchard is Chairman of The Ken Blanchard Companies that he founded in 1979 with his wife. It is known as a global leader in workplace learning, employee productivity, leadership and team effectiveness.
Ken Blanchard has been a guest on a number of national television programs, including “Good Morning America” and “The Today Show,” and he has been featured in Time, People magazine a number of other popular publications.
I hope that you will enjoy the following collection of Ken Blanchard quotes about leadership.
1. The best minute I spend is the one I invest in people. ― Ken Blanchard
2. Knowing where you’re going is the first step to get there. ― Ken Blanchard
3. One of the biggest obstacles to high performance in organizations comes from unclear expectations and accountability. ― Ken Blanchard
4. A good life is built on strong, solid values such as integrity, love, honesty, and purposeful work. ― Ken Blanchard
5. Help people reach their full potential catch them doing something right. ― Ken Blanchard
6. The more attention you pay to a behavior, the more it will be repeated. Accentuating the positive and redirecting the negative are the best tools for increasing productivity. ― Ken Blanchard
7 of 25 Ken Blanchard Quotes about Leadership
Anytime you use your influence to affect the thoughts and actions of others, you are engaging in leadership. ― Ken Blanchard
8. Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners. ― Ken Blanchard
9. We can’t always control what happens in our lives – things will go well, things will go poorly-but what we can control is our response to those events. ― Ken Blanchard
10. When good performance is followed by a positive response, people naturally want to continue that behavior. ― Ken Blanchard
11. The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. ― Ken Blanchard
12. Leading people is the opposite of trying to control them; it’s about gaining their trust through your integrity, developing their potential through your partnership, and motivating them through your affirmation. ― Ken Blanchard
13. Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals. ― Ken Blanchard
14 of 25 Ken Blanchard Quotes about Leadership
None of us is as smart as all of us. ― Ken Blanchard
15. It’s more important as a manager to be respected than to be popular. ― Ken Blanchard
16. A clear purpose will unite you as you move forward, values will guide your behavior, and goals will focus your energy. ― Ken Blanchard
17. There is a lot of competition out there. If you don’t take care of your customers, somebody else is ready to take your place. ― Ken Blanchard
18. There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. ― Ken Blanchard
19. We have two choices every day: We can feel good about ourselves, or we can feel lousy about ourselves. Why would anyone choose the latter? ― Ken Blanchard
20. The best way to teach people is by telling a story. ― Ken Blanchard
21 of 25 Ken Blanchard Quotes about Leadership
It’s only when you realize that it’s not about you, that you begin to lead at a higher level. ― Ken Blanchard
22. Feedback is the breakfast of champions. ― Ken Blanchard
23. Remember, the best leaders are those who understand that their power flows through them, not from them. ― Ken Blanchard
24. A great rule of thumb is to never say anything behind someone’s back that you wouldn’t say straight to the person’s face. ― Ken Blanchard
25. People who feel good about themselves, produce good results. ― Ken Blanchard
John Demartini is a speaker, author and the founder of the Demartini Institute. He is considered as one of the world’s leading authorities on human behavior and leadership development.
John Demartini’s mission and vision is to share knowledge and wisdom that will empower you to become a master of your own life and destiny.
His education curriculum ranges from personal growth seminars to corporate empowerment programs. He shares life, business, financial, relationship and leadership empowerment strategies with people from all over the world.
I hope that you will enjoy this collection of inspirational John Demartini Quotes.
1. As little as five or ten minutes a day can be all that it takes to achieve your desires. If you focus yourself and seriously study a specific language or subject, you can eventually master it. ― John Demartini
2. When the voice and the vision on the inside is more profound, and more clear and loud than all opinions on the outside, you’ve begun to master your life. ― John Demartini
3. Our health is what we make of it – give it attention and it improves, give it none and it subsides. ― John Demartini
4. Did you know that if you read for just 30 minutes a day on a particular subject, in seven years you can be a leader in that subject? ― John Demartini
5. Give yourself permission to do something extraordinary and amazing on planet Earth. Acknowledge that you have and can do whatever it takes. You would not be given true and inspiring dream without the potential to fulfill it. ― John Demartini
6. The moment you realize you already have everything you’re looking for, the universe gives it to you. ― John Demartini
7. If you don’t have a cause bigger than yourself, you won’t get beyond yourself. ― John Demartini
8. Listen to the wisdom of your heart and then use the sound reason of your mind to strategize and plan out the life you truly desire and deserve. ― John Demartini
9. If you don’t know where you are going, you will end up somewhere else. Your best chance of ending up where you would love to be is to know precisely where you are going. ― John Demartini
10. If we do not fill our days with high priority actions they will fill with low priority actions. ― John Demartini
11. The very thing that someone told you that you would never be able to do may just be the very thing you are destined to do. ― John Demartini
12. Until you value yourself, you can’t expect anyone else to do so. ― John Demartini
13. When you are grateful for what you have you get more to be grateful for. You life is fulfilled to the degree of your gratitude. ― John Demartini
14. Whatever we think about and thank about we bring about. ― John Demartini
15. When opportunities arise to express love and gratitude, take advantage of them and don’t let these moments slip by. ― John Demartini
16. When you follow the dream in your heart, you’re energized, inspired & motivated. ― John Demartini
17. Wisdom is looking back at your life and realising that every single event, person, place and idea was part of the perfected experience you needed to build your dream. Not one was a mistake. ― John Demartini
18. Count your blessings each night and end your day with thanks. Faster that any state of mind, gratitude can transform stress into success. ― John Demartini
19. The reality is that whatever you are looking for is, at the same time, looking for you. It all starts with believing before seeing. ― John Demartini
20. Your inner-most dominant thoughts become your outer-most tangible reality. ― John Demartini
I really hope that you will enjoy this collection of image quotes that I have put together for you. We all need a boost from time to time to lift our mood and help us to feel positive and confident about ourselves.
I hope that you take just a few minutes out of your day today to read the following quotes. You know more than anyone else what struggles and difficult times that you have been through in the past. You also know that you have the mindset and the strength to bounce back from whatever life can throw at you.
I believe in you, but most importantly you have to believe in yourself. Have a wonderful day!
1. One day you will thank yourself for never giving up.
2. People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
3. In life you have 3 choices: Give up, Give in or Give it all that you’ve got!
4. It is not happy people who are thankful.
It is thankful people who are happy.
5. Stay strong: One day you will look back and say “I made it”
6. When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start to happen.
7. Sometimes we are tested, not to show our weakness, but discover our strengths.
8. The only people who deserve to be in your life are the ones who treat you with love, kindness and respect.
9. Don’t let anyone who hasn’t been in your shoes tell you how to tie your laces.
10. If you get tired, learn to rest not quit.
11. Enjoy life, you never know how much time you have left.
12. They said I changed a lot. I said a lot changed me.
13. This is a shout out to anyone who hasn’t felt okay lately, but you still get up every day and refuse to quit. Stay Strong.
14. Time decides who you meet in your life, your heart decides who you want in your life and your behavior decides who stays in your life.
15. When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.
16. To whoever is reading this. I hope that something wonderful happens to you today.
17. Wrinkles mean you laughed. Grey hairs mean you cared and scars mean you lived.
18. Sometimes you must get lost in order to find yourself.
19. Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles. – Charlie Chaplin
20. It might take a year, it might take a day, but what’s meant to be will always find it’s way.
21. If you believe in yourself. Anything is possible.
22. Remember, you can always start again.
23. Never lose hope! Tomorrow could be the day you have been waiting for.
24. May your next tears, be tears of joy.
25. New day. New thoughts. New strength. New possibilities.
What is your favorite time of the year? Some people enjoy winter and all the magic that Christmas brings, others prefer Spring and see how nature bursts back into life after winter. Some enjoy the cooler temperatures that Autumn brings and enjoy the beauty of the different colors of the leaves on the trees.
My favorite time of the year is the summer. I love the brighter mornings and the longer evenings. I also enjoy the summer as it is usually when I take a vacation and I get to spend more time to recharge, enjoy nature and really soak up the sun.
To get you in the mood for the summer, I have put together this great collection of summer quotes.
1. Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.― Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.― Al Bernstein
3. If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.― Bernard Williams
4. To lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.― John Lubbock
5. I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.― Kellie Elmore
6. I want to vacation so long, I forget all my passwords.― Unknown
7. One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.― Jeannette Walls
8. One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.― Henry David Thoreau
9. A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.― St. Francis of Assisi
10. A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawnmower is broken.― James Dent
11. Let’s sit on a rooftop at 2 am, feel the summer breeze sweep across our cheek and talk about our dreams.
12. It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.― Maud Hart Lovelace
13. Summer. When the days get longer, the stars shine brighter, your hair gets lighter, the water gets warmer, the music gets louder and life gets better.― Unknown
14. A life without love is like a year without summer.― Swedish proverb
15. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.― Jenny Han
16. Yellow butterflies look like flowers flying through the warm summer air.― Andrea Willis
17. Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.― Regina Brett
18. The beach isn’t a destination… it’s a mindset.
19. I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.― Lucy Maud Montgomery
20. At the beach, life is different. Time doesn’t move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides and follow the sun.― Unknown