30 Inspiring Business Development Quotes to Motivate Your Team
Setting new milestones and achieving them is what drives business development forward. It’s what keeps a company moving forward, creates engagement within a team, and ultimately defines its success. But there are times when plans don’t pan out, and teams lose sight of the prize. At this point, a little dose of inspiration can go a long way in getting the team back on track. Here are 30 quotes from successful business leaders that can motivate your team:
The Power of Vision and Purpose
1. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
-Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple
2. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
-Steve Jobs
3. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States
4. “Start with the end in mind.”
-Stephen Covey, Author of ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’
5. “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.”
-Yogi Berra, Baseball Legend
6. “You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”
-Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company
The Importance of Planning, Preparation, and Innovation
7. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
-Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father of the United States
8. “I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers, and that people flourish when they are praised.”
-Sir Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group
9. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
-Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa
10. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
-John D. Rockefeller, Founder of Standard Oil
11. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
-Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker and Author
12. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
-Steve Jobs
The Role of Hard Work and Persistence
13. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
-Winston Churchill, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
14. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
-Jim Rohn, Motivational Speaker and Author
15. “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
-Steve Jobs
16. “Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.”
-Zig Ziglar
17. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
-Thomas Edison, Inventor, and Businessman
18. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
-Vidal Sassoon, Hair Stylist and Businessman
The Impact of Leadership on Business Development
19. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”
-Ralph Nader, Activist and Author
20. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”
-Arnold H. Glasow, Author and Humorist
21. “Great leaders are willing to sacrifice their own personal interests for the good of the team.”
-John Wooden, Basketball Coach
22. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
-John C. Maxwell, Leadership Expert and Author
23. “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”
-Ronald Reagan, Former US President
The Importance of Learning, Adaptability, and Growth
24. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.”
-Herbert Bayard Swope, Journalist
25. “If you’re not a little bit uncomfortable on a daily basis, you’re not growing. The more you seek discomfort, the more you’ll become comfortable with new ideas.”
-Bradley J. Sugars, Author and Business Coach
26. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
-Winston Churchill
27. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
-Jim Rohn
28. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Former US President
29. “Never stop learning; for when we stop learning, we stop growing.”
-Loyal ‘Jack’ Lewman, Former CEO of Home Depot
30. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”
-Mark Zuckerberg, Co-founder and CEO of Facebook
Now that you have 30 inspiring quotes from some of the world’s most successful leaders, you can use them to motivate your team and help them stay focused on their goals. Remember, the right words at the right time can make all the difference in the world.
