10 years – 10 lists. Next up: 10 quotes that guide our vision.
At Be Leadership, we believe in a world where all organizations are led by people who inspire others to greatness. These 10 quotes fuel our commitment, spark reflection and remind us why leadership rooted in purpose matters.
These ten quotes have really impacted our work and thinking over the past decade:
Susan David
On courageous authenticity
“Abandon the idea of being fearless. Instead, walk directly into your fears, with your values as your guide, toward what matters to you. Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is fear walking.”
Desmond Tutu
On doing good
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
Albert Einstein
On problem solving and questions
“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”
Oprah Winfrey
On purpose
“Your life journey is about learning to become more of who you are and fulfilling the highest, truest expression of yourself as a human being. That’s why you’re here. You will do that through your work and your art, through your relationships and love.”
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé
On sustainable impact
“No country, no business, no person, can win sustainably in a world that loses.”
Jane Goodall
On personal impact
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Marcel Proust
On new perspectives
“The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in seeing familiar ones with new eyes.”
Xun Kuang
On learning
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.”
Brother David Steindl-Rast
On purpose and becoming
“Being human means becoming what we are. If you stopped becoming, you would cease to be. Yet in the process of becoming, you cease to be what you were.”
Mary Anne Radmacher
On courage and effort
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
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