Sometimes as managers you just a need a little inspiration to make it through. You have to know that other managers have come before you and have learned things. If you are having a rough day or you want to inspire others…

Here are the best leadership quotes to inspire you.

1. “A leader needs to know his strengths as a carpenter knows his tools, or as a physician knows the instruments at her disposal. What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths, and can call on the right strength at the right time. “ –Donald Clifton

2. “It marks a big step on your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.” -Andrew Carnegie

3. “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

4. “If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” -Sam Walton

5. “Leadership is getting people to work for you when they are not obligated.” -Fred Smith

6. “The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.” -Elbert Hubbard

7. “Attitudes are noting more than habits of thought and habits can be acquired. An action repeated becomes an attitude realized.” -Paul Meier

8. “The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.” -Iyanla Vanzant

9. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” -Winston Churchill

10 “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts…. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes.” – Charles Swindoll

11. “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

12. “Everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required.” -Luke 12:48

13. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” –Plato

14. “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill

15. “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

What are your favorite leadership quotes?